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THE passage entitled “Recapitulation as Proof of Descent” in Dr. Bather's “Fossils and Life” (see NATURE for September 30, p. 162) calls for critical comment, inasmuch as it is representative of inconsequent reasoning current in several text-books commonly in use among students.
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HOGBEN, L. Recapitulation and Descent. Nature 106, 212–213 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106212b0
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