The French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had the wrong idea about the way evolution works. But he helped advance a ...

Although the name "Lamarck" is now associated with a discredited view of evolution, the French biologist's notion that organisms inherit the traits acquired during their parents' lifetime had common ...

Prior to Charles Darwin, many scholars, including Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus Darwin, believed that organisms evolved over time, becoming more complex and better suited to their environment. But the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Lamarckian inheritance, a one-time rival to Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, suggests that epigenetic information can be passed between ...

MEN who have children later in life may pass on changes acquired from their environment, a phenomenon reminiscent of Lamarckian evolution. French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck thought that if ...

THE death of Prof. William McDougall marks the end of an epoch in the history of biology. Prof. McDougall attained world-wide fame as a brilliant experimental psychologist, but his equally important ...

Preface: The Jurassic Park of Nevada -- Introduction: Looking back -- From God to science -- Lamarck to Darwin -- From Darwin to the new (modern) synthesis -- Epigenetics and the newer synthesis -- ...

PROF. HOLMES'S book consists of a collection of essays on evolutionary theories and their application to human affairs, several of which originally appeared in certain American monthly magazines. The ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “This critical review is … not about the deeper historical narratives and old debates distinguishing Lamarckian Inheritance versus Darwinian Natural ...