Lamarckian

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• Many debates about evolution feature Lamarckian concepts, as some scientists argue against strict Darwinian views.

• OK, this Lamarckian concept is, we believe wrong.

  Andrew Huberman

• We won't be seeing some kind of Lamarckian evolution happening.

  Blog text (33)

• The theory of evolution by natural selection was not put forth by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace until some decades later, but Conybeare's view was also in total contrast to contemporary Lamarckian evolutionary thought, which was popular in France and in radical circles in Britain.

  Academic text (1995)

• So, since they were sending self-replicating probes anyway (a few seed units being more economical than an army of drones), they had given them the ability to evolve, using both random Darwinian mutation and the more Lamarckian ability to modify their offspring based on experience.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The researchers proposed a new theory that incorporates a Lamarckian approach to evolution, suggesting that traits gained during a lifetime can be passed to future generations.

• This article discusses how some modern biologists still support Lamarckian ideas about inheritance and adaptation in species.

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