If there is an afterlife, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck has had a roller-coaster of a ride. His life went well enough at first, defined early by honors gained on the battlefield and in the lab. Lamarck was a ...

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 ...

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 -- ...

Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de 1744-1829 ...

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 ...

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) formulated the first real theory of biological evolution, in which organisms acquired traits directly from adapting to the environments they faced and passed those ...

Chinese researchers recently uncovered molecular evidence supporting Lamarckism—a long-debated theory from the early 19th century that acquired characteristics can be inherited. The evidence was ...

THE name of Lamarck has of late been much in people's mouths. Now that the doctrine of organic evolution has secured acceptance from all those who are qualified to form an opinion on the subject, an ...