KnowraRecapitulation theoryLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Recapitulation theory, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 2Related 3Compared with 2OntogenyCompared with: Its historical influence contrasts with modern accounts separating individual development from evolutionary ancestry.Karl Ernst von BaerCompared with: Von Baer rejected the idea that embryos literally replay the adult stages of other species.