ANTH 1001 Lecture : Anthropology Notes
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1/17: we associate charles darwin with evolution and the theory of evolution. Jean-baptiste lamarck (1744-1829: theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics organs) Organism has needs in order to survive. Needs are met by modification of organs (or production of new. Changes in an organ that occur during one"s lifetime are inheritable and can be passed to one"s offspring. (this is the one to believed to be an error, disproved by mouse experiment) Continued use if an organ leads to an increase in its size and functional capacity, whereas disuse leads to its degeneration and loss. In the past, there were a series of side, violent geological and climate changes that led to the extinction of animals in the affected region. After the cataclysm subsided, the region was repopulated by animals from neighboring areas that were similar in appearance-but not identical-with those that went extinct.
