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THE career of Prof. Ernst Heiririch Haeckel, the centenary of whose birth falls on February 16, belongs to the heroic stage of the history of the theory of evolution. In 1862, at the early age of ...
After completing his studies in medicine and biology, Prussian naturalist Ernst Haeckel set off for Italy in 1859, where, in addition to painting landscapes, he spent the climactic months of his stay ...
After completing his studies in medicine and biology, a restless Ernst Haeckel set off for Italy in 1859 to study art and marine biology. The diversity of life fascinated the 26-year-old Prussian, and ...