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    denial of preformationism: the idea that, in some sense, the form of living things comes into existence. As opposed to "strict" preformationism, it is the...
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  • creation of a miniature, fully formed human. The concept has roots in preformationism as well as earlier folklore and alchemic traditions. The term lends...
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  • Caspar Friedrich Wolff refuted preformationism in 1759 in favor of epigenesis, but this did not put an end to preformationism. Epigenetics Epigenesis (disambiguation)...
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    Three variants of preformationism were homoiomerous preformationism, anhomoiomerous preformationism, and homuncular preformationism. According to the...
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  • attaining of accurate knowledge about the real world possible. Also, see Preformationism. Nash, R.H. (1999). Life's Ultimate Questions. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan...
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    Harvey (1578–1657), was a rejection of spontaneous generation and preformationism as well as a bold assumption that mammals also reproduced via eggs...
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  • January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024. "Les Centres de Formation et Préformation du club intègrent le Campus à Poissy". PSG.FR. 7 January 2024. Retrieved...
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    being animalcules (little animals), probably due to his belief in preformationism, which thought that each sperm contained a fully formed but small human...
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  • software package from 3D printing technology company Formlabs Perform Preformationism, a theory that organisms develop from miniature versions of themselves...
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    which mating produced children were not understood. The theory of preformationism was popular in Ancient Greece and Christendom for centuries. Because...
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