The French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had the wrong idea about the way evolution works. But he helped advance a ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Lamarckian inheritance, a one-time rival to Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, suggests that epigenetic information can be passed between ...

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “This critical review is … not about the deeper historical narratives and old debates distinguishing Lamarckian Inheritance versus Darwinian Natural ...