# Dollo's law of irreversibility

> hypothesis proposed by Louis Dollo which states evolution is not reversible

**Wikidata**: [Q1235791](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1235791)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollo's_law_of_irreversibility)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/dollo-s-law-of-irreversibility


## References

1. Dollo on Dollo's law: irreversibility and the status of evolutionary laws
2. The major features of evolution
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013