BIO 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thomas Robert Malthus, Lactase, Common Descent
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Jean-baptiste pierre antoine de monet, chevalier de lamarck. Concluded that diversity of life was product of evolution. First naturalist to offer a theory of evolution. He was the first to conclude publicly that life was a product of evolution organ would change during its lifetime and he offered the theory of acquired characteristics. Believed animals and plants could adapt to their environment. For example, if an animal began to use an organ more than its ancestors had, the. If a giraffe continually stretched its neck it would pass on an even longer neck to. Shocked europe by supporting evolution was attacked by cuvier. Died in poverty and obscurity in spite of the fact that he is one of the founding. He believed in organisms were static and did not change its descendants fathers of evolution. Died just before darwin presented his ideas. Influence of the galapagos islands world within itself .
