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'''Lamarckism''' (also known as Larmarkianism) is a school of [[evolution]]ary thought proposed by [[French]] [[biology|biologist]] [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]] (Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck)<ref name="answersingenesis">[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/cfol/ch2-pangenesis.asp Pangenesis: use and disuse], site www.answersingenesis.org</ref>.  

'''Lamarckism''' (also known as Larmarkianism) is a school of [[evolution]]ary thought proposed by [[French]] [[biology|biologist]] [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]] (Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck).<ref name="answersingenesis">[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/cfol/ch2-pangenesis.asp Pangenesis: use and disuse], site www.answersingenesis.org</ref>   

This was one of the first theories that tried to explain the diversity of life based on naturalistic forces; as a scientific theory, it made predictions, and the failure to make accurate predictions make it a falsified scientific theory<ref>[http://www.springerlink.com/content/x05n5w520g614xt1/ Can the theory of evolution be falsified?], article by Paul A. M. van Dongen and Jo M. H. Vossen</ref>,

This was one of the first theories that tried to explain the diversity of life based on naturalistic forces; as a scientific theory, it made predictions, and the failure to make accurate predictions make it a falsified scientific theory,<ref>[http://www.springerlink.com/content/x05n5w520g614xt1/ Can the theory of evolution be falsified?], article by Paul A. M. van Dongen and Jo M. H. Vossen</ref>

Lamarck proposed that [[organism]]s' efforts to [[adapt]] to the [[environment]] can be accumulated and passed on to their offspring. Species evolved when traits acquired during life were passed from one generation to the next. For example, the ancestor of the giraffe was a short-necked herbivor, whose ancestors slowly forced their necks to grow to reach higher and higher trees<ref name="answersingenesis" />.

Lamarck proposed that [[organism]]s' efforts to [[adapt]] to the [[environment]] can be accumulated and passed on to their offspring. Species evolved when traits acquired during life were passed from one generation to the next. For example, the ancestor of the giraffe was a short-necked herbivor, whose ancestors slowly forced their necks to grow to reach higher and higher trees.<ref name="answersingenesis" />

This is called, in biology, [[inheritance of acquired characteristics]].  

This is called, in biology, [[inheritance of acquired characteristics]].  

In his book [[The Origin of Species]], [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] spoke favorably of the Lamarckian theory of evolution.  However since the publication of Darwin's theory of natural selection and because of the lack of evidence for Lamarckian evolution in macrobiology, most biologists today favor an update of the Darwinian theory of evolution as the explanation for how human was evolved.

In his book [[The Origin of Species]], [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] spoke favorably of the Lamarckian theory of evolution.  However since the publication of Darwin's theory of natural selection and because of the lack of evidence for Lamarckian evolution in macrobiology, most biologists today favor an update of the Darwinian theory of evolution as the explanation for how human was evolved.

Despite all proofs and evidences against Lamarckianism, this theory became the official scientific theory in the [[Soviet Union]], sponsored by russian agronomist [[Trofim Denisovitch Lisenko]], during the reigns of Stalin and Khruchtchev<ref name="lisenko">[http://www.triplov.com/sacarrao/lysenko.html O Caso Lisenko] by G.F. Sacarrão (in Portuguese)</ref><ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v12/i3/darwin.asp Darwin and the search for an evolutionary mechanism], site www.answersingenesis.org</ref>.

Despite all proofs and evidences against Lamarckianism, this theory became the official scientific theory in the [[Soviet Union]], sponsored by russian agronomist [[Trofim Denisovitch Lisenko]], during the reigns of Stalin and Khruchtchev.<ref name="lisenko">[http://www.triplov.com/sacarrao/lysenko.html O Caso Lisenko] by G.F. Sacarrão (in Portuguese)</ref><ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v12/i3/darwin.asp Darwin and the search for an evolutionary mechanism], site www.answersingenesis.org</ref>

== Recent uptick of Lamarckism school of evolutionary thought ==

== Recent uptick of Lamarckism school of evolutionary thought ==

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