In the womb, does the fetus go through the phases of human evolution, until it gradually resembles humans?
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No. Basic evolution happened and the genetic code is in the egg . the egg grows into a human shape from the egg. the evolutionary stages that happened over time are not the same and the baby grows not evolves. ( it goes through stages of development but not evolution) -2 !
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I don't think the current medical community believes that but I think some do, including the teachings of macrobiotics.
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Evolution? Not quite the right question but the fetus does develop in the womb. and yes there are different stages of development.
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I'm not really sure if I can say that the fetus "goes through the phases of human evolution" because I can't be totally sure exactly *how* humans evolved, but there are different stages of embryonic and fetal development that can be observed in utero.
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The idea, known as Recapitulation Theory, that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny is given credit to the late 19th century German thinker, Ernst Haeckel. The notion is still debated in some circles...
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It's momentarily foreign, until it qualifys for our standard of a represenative of humanity.
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