Vertebrate development. Historical artwork showing the development of a vertebrate from a fertilised egg (top left), through the embryonic stages, to

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Vertebrate development. Historical artwork showing the development of a vertebrate from a fertilised egg (top left), through the embryonic stages, to a nearly fully-developed foetus (bottom right). Illustration by Ernst Haeckel.

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Size: 3449px × 5124px
Photo credit: © MEHAU KULYK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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