A useful reminder for evolutionary biologists and science journalists, posted to the Evoldir list by Joel Parker: I have noticed many evolutionary biologists making an embarrassing mistake of falsely ...
Preface: The Jurassic Park of Nevada -- Introduction: Looking back -- From God to science -- Lamarck to Darwin -- From Darwin to the new (modern) synthesis -- Epigenetics and the newer synthesis -- ...
Although the name "Lamarck" is now associated with a discredited view of evolution, the French biologist's notion that organisms inherit the traits acquired during their parents' lifetime had common ...
Prior to Charles Darwin, many scholars, including Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus Darwin, believed that organisms evolved over time, becoming more complex and better suited to their environment. But the ...
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) formulated the first real theory of biological evolution, in which organisms acquired traits directly from adapting to the environments they faced and passed those ...
If you took a high school biology class, you’re probably familiar with Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of evolution and its emphasis on the “inheritance of acquired characteristics” — think giraffes ...
Although the name "Lamarck" is now associated with a discredited view of evolution, the French biologist's notion that organisms inherit the traits acquired during their parents' lifetime had common ...