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| − | '''Lamarckian theory of evolution''' was proposed by [[French]] [[biology|biologist]] [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]]. It proposed that [[organism]]s' efforts to [[adapt]] to the [[environment]] can be accumulated and passed on to their offspring. 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 | + | '''Lamarckian theory of evolution''' was proposed by [[French]] [[biology|biologist]] [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]]. It proposed that [[organism]]s' efforts to [[adapt]] to the [[environment]] can be accumulated and passed on to their offspring. 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. |
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Lamarckian theory of evolution was proposed by French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. It proposed that organisms' efforts to adapt to the environment can be accumulated and passed on to their offspring. In his book The Origin of Species, 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.