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- phrase biology, social sciences, art, philosophy The
physical ,cultural ,moral , orintellectual development of eachindividual passes throughstages similar to the developmental stages of that individual'sspecies ,society , orcivilization .
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Reportedly coined by zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919).
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