Haeckel falsified his embryo pictures (Talk.Origins)

Claim CB701:

Haeckel faked his pictures of embryos to make them look more alike than they are.

Source:
 * Wells, Jonathan, 2000. Icons of Evolution, Washington DC: Regnery Publishing Inc., pp. 81-109.
 * Behe, Michael, "Firing Line with William Buckley", PBS, 13 Dec. 1997.

CreationWiki response:

Talk Origins is missing the point about this reference.
 * 1) Ernst Haeckel's faked embryos pictures are a major part of the history of the Evolution theory and as such the fact that they were faked is an important fact.
 * 2) Until the at least the 1990’s Haeckel's faked embryos pictures were still used in text books as evidence for evolution.  As a result those who were taught using these text books need to be told the truth.
 * Haeckel and his Embryos.
 * Ernst Haeckel.

Talk Origins is using circular reasoning here because they are using Evolutionary interpretations as evidence for Evolution. For example the use of terms like notochord, body segments, pharyngeal gill pouches, and post-anal tail to describe various features of an embryo are all labels based on the assumption of Evolution.

Further more, the claim that, “These fundamental similarities indicate a common evolutionary history” is only true if General Evolution theory is true.

It is also reasonable from a Creation perspective to expect some similarities in embryo development of similar organisms, since they have similar features as adults.

This just shows that how untestable Darwinism is, since they use both similarities and differences as evidence for evolution.

Further more, the claim that: This is only true if General Evolution theory is true.

It is also reasonable from a Creation perspective to expect both similarities and differences in embryo development since there are both similarities and differences in adults.

The problem is that at least some authors continued to use them at least till the end of the 20th century.
 * Haeckel and his Embryos.
 * Ernst Haeckel.