Actually, ******* made two mistakes. One was to equate embryological stages with adult phylogenetic history, when even today, embryologists accept similarities of embryological stages. THe other mistake ******* made was to fake his drawings to support his contention. This was a contentious issue at the time of ******* and he was under pressure to support his idea.
Now, we have photographs to show the sequence of development including pharyngeal pouches, webbed digits, the juxtaposition of jaw and auditory bones, the reduction of the tail to vestigial remnants and separate bones becoming fused, among others. These are stages of early development and NOT related to adult forms, which was *******'s hypothesis.
While YECs ridicule the idea of development through stages, embryologists deal with it every day.
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