Question

Haeckel's theory of recapitulation means that

• A. Life history of an organism reflects its evolutionary history
• B. All organisms start as an egg
• C. Progeny resembles with parents
• D. Lost body parts are regenerated

Answer 1

The correct option is A Life history of an organism reflects its evolutionary history

"Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is a catchy phrase coined by Ernst Haeckel, a 19th-century German biologist and philosopher to mean that the development of an organism (ontogeny) expresses all the intermediate forms of its ancestors throughout evolution (phylogeny).

So the correct answer is "Life history of an organism reflects its evolutionary history".