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Lamarck put two ideas into his theory of evolution thought to be true in his time.

1. Use and disuse - people lose characteristics they don't use and keep the other ones .

2. Individuals inherit the traits of their ancestors.

So instead of the environment selecting traits, he said that the species selected the traits.

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