Recapitulation of historical science in science curriculum

Just as mammal embryos recapitulate vertebrate evolution, going through stages of fish and reptile, some think that children would learn science, and all human knowledge, best if the students, from a young age through high school, recapitulated the important stages of progress in scientific understanding.

I hate this idea. Here's why:

• How do you pin a period of history to an age? Should 6 year olds be in the dark ages?
• Some ideas should just be skipped, or at best learned in the proper context, history.
• "Sorry kids, you're not old enough to know what I do" is the evilest thing a teacher can say.