The concept that each successive stage in the development of an individual represents the adult form that appeared in development of its evolutionary history is termed
A)Larmarckism.
B)Heterochrony.
C)Paedomorphosis.
D)Recapitulation.

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The concept that each successive stage in the development of an individual represents the adult form that appeared in the development of its evolutionary history is known as recapitulation. This theory suggests that the embryonic development of an organism repeats or recapitulates the evolutionary history of its species.

The Concept That Each Successive Stage in the Development of an Individual