Our survey seriously undermines the credibility of Haeckel's
drawings, which depict not a conserved stage for bertebrates, but a
stylised amniote embryo.
and
Another point to emerge from this study is the considerable
inaccuracy of Haeckel's famous figures. These drawings are still
widely reproduced in textbooks and review articles, and continue to
exert a significant influence on the development of ideas in this
field.... [Some] have argued that Haeckel's drawings are inaccurate,
and we have now provided persuasive evidence that this is indeed the
case.... These inaccuracies and omissions seriously undermine his
credibility.
correctly applied to Haeckel.
Jim Behnke, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY 40390 james.behnke@asbury.edu