Archive | Lamarckism Theory of Evolution

Jean Baptiste Lamarck put forth the theory of inheritance of acquired characters, which is also known as Lamarckism. It was published in 'Philosophie Zoologique' in the year 1809. The four propositions of Lamarckism are as follows: a. Living organisms and their parts tend to increase in size continuously due to internal forces of life. b. New organs are formed in [...]