Vertebrate Mammal Forefeet, Ernst Haeckel
Caption reads, "One of Darwin's strongest arguments for evolution was a comparison of features that are similar in all vertedrate mammals. These forefeet, or hands, in rows, from left to right are those of man, gorilla, oragutan; dog, seal, porpoise; bat, mole and duck-billed platypus, as illustrated in an 1876 treastise by Ernst Haeckel". (*1876, most ptobably a reprint of his popular work, The History of Creation). Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834-1919) was an eminent German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including anthropogeny, ecology, phylum, phylogeny, and the kingdom Protista. Haeckel promoted and popularized Charles Darwin's work in Germany.
Size: 2532px × 4300px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., 1834, 18th, 1919, 19th, art, artist, artwork, august, bat, billed, biologist, book, carnivora, carnivore, century, charles, colorized, creation, darwin, dog, drawing, duck, duck-billed, enhance, enhancement, ernst, forefeet, german, gorilla, haeckel, hands, heanirch, heinrich, historic, historical, history, homo, human, illustration, mammal, mammalian, man, mole, naturalist, orangutan, pdc, philipp, platypus, porpoise, primate, sapian, seal, treastise, vertebrate
