Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

Mario A Di Gregorio, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Published online: September 2005

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002532

(1834–1919) German zoologist who elaborated a complex view of evolution based on the concept that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny and a whole worldview called Monism.

Keywords: evolution; morphology; biogenetic law; ontogeny; phylogeny; Darwin; monism

 Further Reading
    book Di Gregorio MA (2005) From Here to Eternity: Ernst Haeckel and Scientific Faith. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
    book Haeckel E (1866) Die Generelle Morphologie der Organismen. Berlin: Reimer.
    book Krausse E (1987) Ernst Haeckel. Leipzig: Teubner.

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Di Gregorio, Mario A(Sep 2005) Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002532]