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Did Darwin or Lamarck hypothesized that characteristics developed by parents are passed on to their offspring?
?Mendel, widely acknowledged as the first geneticist.the answer is either lamarck or darwinit's lamarck. he believed that characteristics developed by parents are passed on to their offspring.
Why does jean-baptiste lamarck's theory was not immediately accepted by the public?
The public, due mostly to religious reasons, was not ready for any transmutational theory and Lamarck's theory had no evidence to support it thus scientists of the time did not pay it much attention. Also Cuvier was Lamarck's enemy and denigrated the theory Lamarck developed.
What was the nationality of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
French.
Is Lamarck or Darwins theory more credible?
Darwin's. Duh. Lamarck believed in evolution by acquired traits; i.e., if a blacksmith hammers all day, his arm becomes strong. By Lamarck's theory, the blacksmith's strength would be transferred to his offspring, but this is never observed.
How did Lamarck's theory of evolution vary from Darwin's?
Lamarck thought that evolution could be effected by changes in the body, rather that strictly by the survival (or rather the death) of offsprings.
What idea did Lamarck and William smith contribute to the study of fossils?
Lamarck's ideas were that he had a great contribution to the study of evolution.
Do we use Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's ideas on evolution today?
No. Although recently a new field of reseach has sprung up in biology: epigenetics, the study of heritable changes that are not transmitted through RNA/DNA, this has little to do with Lamarck's theory.
What was lamarck's first name?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Did Darwin or Lamarck hypothesized that characteristics developed by parents are passed on to their offspring?
?Mendel, widely acknowledged as the first geneticist.the answer is either lamarck or darwinit's lamarck. he believed that characteristics developed by parents are passed on to their offspring.
When was Jean-Baptiste Lamarck born?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was born on August 1, 1744.
What is Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's birthday?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was born on August 1, 1744.
What did Jean-Baptiste Lamarck do?
Lamarck hypothesized that organisms evolved through the inhertitance of acquired charactaristics.
When was Lamarck's theory of evolution published?
Lamarck's hypotheses were published in Zoological Philosophical Work written in 1809.
What did lamarck propose a scientific explanation for?
Lamarck hypothesized that organisms evolved through the inhertitance of acquired charactaristics.
Stated that inheritance of acquired traits caused change in a species over time?
Lamarck thought acquired traits were past on, but he was prover wrong by Darwin and his natural selection idea.
Where was Lamarck born?
France.
What is the theory of lamarck?
adaptation
