I have a son who will be two in October.
Today he was standing at my shoulder when I came across this picture of a 44-day old human embryo. (The pic is from the University of Michigan’s "Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo Project," which I only just learned about. Check it out.)
I said, "Hey Milo, what’s that?" and pointed to the screen.
He said, "Baby!"
I was kind of surprised. But I thought, I guess all embryos probably look about the same. Let’s try another one. So I googled "embryo -human" and found this. It’s a chicken embryo, seventy-two hours old.
"What’s this one?" I asked, and pointed.
He said, "Duck!"
No way! I said "What?!?" and Milo said "Bird!"
Work with me here. The child can’t read, there are no images of ducks, chicks, or birds anywhere on that page. Have I got an embryology prodigy on my hands?
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