Fraud sealed the fate of controversial zoologist Paul Kammerer — 100 years on, his ideas deserve revisiting

Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-02851-4 After an eventful life in the limelight, the discovery of a manipulated specimen preceded the biologist’s death.

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