Ernst Haeckel formulated his biogenetic law, famously stating that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, in 1872. The Russian evolutionist Alexei Sewertzoff, and the Swiss-born zoologist Adolf Naef were ...

IN 1930 Dr. de Beer published a small and stimulating book under the title “Embryology and Evolution”. In it he attempted to reorientate general views relating to ‘recapitulation’ in evolution.

Many animals seem to consume alcohol but likely not for the same reason that humans do. Alcohol metabolism may have evolved as a survival advantage in the wild. A series of rodent experiments showed ...