"In the seventeenth century, it was held by……" — John Tyler Bonner

"In the seventeenth century, it was held by some that inside a human sperm there was a minute human being - a homunculus - that was planted inside the womb. Development consisted of the miniature homunculus enlarging and passing through birth and on to maturity-just like inflating a balloon."

— John Tyler Bonner

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