"Another lie commonly perpetuated by Creationist cranks is the fable of the Haeckel hoax . They allege that Haeckel 's theory that ontology recapitulates phylogeny was promoted even in modern biology text books by inclusion of Haeckel 's iconic , but wrong , diagram of embryological development . Thus they accuse biologists of deliberate fraud . They accuse them of doing what they do so often themselves . One of the Creationist icons is Jonathan Wells , who devotes a chapter of his mendacious book , Icons of Evolution , to the longevity of Haeckel diagram . Are his claims accurate ? Not very . Here 's what TalkOrigins has to say about what little is true about Wells 's claims : This quote is from : Wells and Haeckel 's Embryos The rest of this extensive commentary explains what is wrong with Wells 's claims . The author concludes : One can fault some biology text books for not clearly explaining the context of Haeckel 's diagram . It was neither accurate nor entirely objective . It was misleading . However , one can not fault them for perpetuating Haeckel 's theories themselves . They do n't . They present current data in support of evolution , data that no Creationist dare read for fear of losing their immortal souls . That does n't depend on Haeckel . So as ever , the Creationist motto : Per Ardua Ad Ignoratia . Forever ."
"And yet , here his drawings are used , as plain as day in a 2002 text book to teach evolution . You can choose to just ignore evidence you do n't like lesz , but that does n't make it go away . Evolution News & amp ; Views : The Textbooks Don ? t Lie : Haeckel ? s Faked Drawings Have Been Used to Promote Evolution : Raven & amp ; Johnson ( 2002 ) ( Part 2 ) When will you people learn that since Talk Origins exists to defend the fraudulent pseudo science of evolution , it stands to reason that all it does is perpetuate lies and misinformation !"
"lie commonly perpetuated fable of the Haeckel hoax ."
"here his drawings are used teach evolution"