Lamarck

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1. Lamarck - Noun

2. Lamarck - Proper noun

Meaning

French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)

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Among early works exploring the idea of a transmutation of species were Erasmus Darwin 's 1796 Zoönomia and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 's Philosophie Zoologique of 1809. Source: Internet

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744 - 1829) was the first biologist to describe a complex theory of evolution. Source: Internet

Lamarck Lewis, identified as a U.S. citizen, will again go to trial on the allegation that he shot a bar owner the day after Christmas, 1995, in San Vito de Coto Brus. Source: Internet

In many ways, Spencer's theory of cosmic evolution has much more in common with the works of Lamarck and Auguste Comte 's positivism than with Darwin's. Source: Internet

Encyclopédie Méthodique de Botanique, vol. 1, pt. 2. Paris, France, pp. 694–695 Lamarck based his description of the newly named species on plant specimens collected in India. Source: Internet

However, the narcotic properties of coca were known only locally until 1786, when Lamarck listed the leaf in his botanical encyclopedia. Source: Internet

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