The motherfuckers at the BBC have crushed it with their scientific techowankery this time. Using high-resolution scans, they've created this time-lapse video of a human embryo's face growing. Watch in awe and horror as it reveals our fucking amphibian past. Evolution is amazing.
Actually the concept of "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" - the idea that embryo development re-traces evolution - was debunked in the 30's. Or at least the original book or paper that presented the idea - the evidence/pictures provided by the author were fudged and sometimes downright falsified. Of course embryos of animals that are closely related do have similar characteristics. But it's not quite that simple. see: Richard Dawkins: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
vancouverlori 1 month ago
cool!
SkunkyTruck 5 months ago
How profane!
Teo22athome 9 months ago
your totem
hunusername 9 months ago
a little bit gross...
fwix6770 9 months ago