The Embryo: Memory of an Innate Biological Knowledge

This article reveals the discoveries of Varenka and Olivier Marc in their
research of children’s drawings from around the world. Since the 1950s, Varenka and Olivier Marc have
extensively collected and studied children’s (from 13 months to 3 years old) drawings during their trips around
the globe (40 countries). Many of the graphics amazingly portray embryonic and fetal stages of the human
body. How come little ones can depict histological and anatomical stages of human intra-uterine growth? The
children also trace lines which appear in the drawings of adults in altered state of consciousness: abstract
symbols used in many traditions as a support for prayer and meditation. KEYWORDS: Children’s drawings,
embryonic memory, memory of evolution