From Common Origins to Differentiation: What Embryos Teach Us About Life @RalstonCollegeSavannah
From Common Origins to Differentiation: What Embryos Teach Us About Life @RalstonCollegeSavannah
Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Why do early vertebrate embryos from a range of different species all look roughly the same? As part of Ralston College’s 2025 Sophia Lectures, evolutionary biologist @heatherheying2154 explains today’s more nuanced view on the relationship between the embryological development of an organism and the evolutionary history of its species.

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