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 ...

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 ...

Before there was Charles Darwin, there was French zoologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829). His name is now attached to the idea of “inheritance of acquired characteristics.” What this means is ...

Current understanding of life’s emergence increasingly embraces a cosmic perspective, in which the delivery of complex organic compounds by comets, asteroids and interstellar dust sets the stage for ...