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embryo (Fig. 69) have been heard of by multitudes, 

 so that certain anti-evolutionists have tried to 



Fig. 69. Human Embryo op the Third Week (from Eidmann, 

 AFTER His). 



Oblique front view of the head, showing mouth, primary upper and 

 lower jaw buds, gill arches and gill slits. 



(From Entw. d. Zdhne . . ., Hermann Meusser, Berlin.) 



offset their effect by arguing that they are not 



gill-slits since gills are not present. But this 



could only confuse people unfamiliar with the 



evidence that each of the so-called "gill-slits" of 



the human embryo of the fifth week may be 



compared directly with a corresponding one in 



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