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n his most popular book The Descent of Man,

Charles Darwin explained the proofs he thought
he had found to support his theory of human ori-
gins. The only illustration in this book, right in the first chap-
ter, is a drawing of two embryos: one of a human being and
the other of a dog. In the chapter, "The Evidence of the
Descent of Man from Some Lower Form," Darwin writes:

Embryonic Development: Man is developed from an ovule,
about the 125th of an inch in diameter, which differs in no re-
spect from the ovules of other animals. The embryo itself at a
very early period can hardly be distinguished from that of other
members of the vertebrate kingdom. At this period . . . the slits
on the sides of the neck [of human's embryo] still remain. . . 53

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