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Noun

1. ernst heinrich haeckel, haeckel

German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)

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Haeckel

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Ernst Heinrich (ɛrnst ˈhainrɪç). 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher. He formulated the recapitulation theory of evolution and was an exponent of the philosophy of materialistic monism

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ˈErnst Heinrich (ˈɛʀnst haɪnʀɪç) ; ernst hīnˈriH) 1834-1919; Ger. biologist & philosopher

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German philosopher and naturalist who supported Darwin's theory, mapped a genealogical tree relating all animal life, and developed the maxim "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny."

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