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This is called, in biology, [[inheritance of acquired characteristics]]. Since no such inheritance has been observed since Lamarck proposed it, this theory was discarded, and replaced by Darwin's [[inheritance of inborn characteristics]], proposed 40 years after Lamarck<ref name="answersingenesis" />.

This is called, in biology, [[inheritance of acquired characteristics]]. Since no such inheritance has been observed since Lamarck proposed it, this theory was discarded, and replaced by Darwin's [[inheritance of inborn characteristics]], proposed 40 years after Lamarck<ref name="answersingenesis" />.

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 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 agronomer [[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>.

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