The statement 'The stages of development for an animal embryo are the same as other animals' adult stages" was given by

Ernst Haeckel

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Charles Darwin

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Huge de Vries

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Stanley Miller

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The correct option is A Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel gave the Biogenetic Law. It states that the stages of development for an animal embryo are the same as other animals' adult stages.It states that ontogeny repeats phylogeny. Ontogeny is the life history of an organism while phylogeny is the evolutionary history of the race of that organism.

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