Why would embryology be useful to scientists in determining where animals descended from?
Embryology can be useful in determining the evolution of species. Dawinian hypothesis suggests that a developing embryo shows the evolutionary history of that specific organism. Darwin suggests that embryology is evidence for evolution:
- There is a huge difference from embryo to adult
- Different species in the same class have similar embryos but the adult forms vary more
- Variations in adult features are inherited at later stages
