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recapitulation theory
recapitulation theory Recapitulation theory is the historical view that an individual organism’s development briefly repeats major stages in the evolutionary history of its species.
Recapitulation theory is the historical view that an individual organism’s development briefly repeats major stages in the evolutionary history of its species. In this account, development was explained as reflecting inherited effects of earlier evolutionary change, though the idea was later criticized.