“From the point of view of the pure morphologist the recapitulation theory is an instrument of research enabling him to reconstruct probable lines of descent; from the standpoint of the student of development and heredity the fact of recapitulation is a difficult problem whose solution would perhaps give the key to a true understanding of the real nature of heredity.” GivingRealFactsProblemRealityScienceDifficultUnderstandingNatureLinesViewsStudentsTheoryKeysDevelopmentPureSolutionsResearchInstrumentsPoint Of ViewStandpointDescentEnablingHeredityDifficult ProblemsTrue UnderstandingRecapitulation Author:E.S. Russell