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NEET · Biology · STD 12 - 6. evolution
Embryological support for evolution was proposed by
- A Alfred Wallace
- B Ernst Heckel
- C Karl Ernst vol Baer
- D Charles Darwin
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(B) Ernst Heckel
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The correct answer is option embryological support for evolution was proposed by Ernst Heckel, based upon the observation of certain features during embryonic stage common to all vertebrates that are absent in adult. Alfred Wallace, a naturalist who worked in Malay Archipelago had concluded that natural selection act as mechanism of evolution.
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