lamarck

• Имя собственное, относящееся к французскому натуралисту, который предположил, что эволюция является результатом наследования приобретённых признаков (1744–1829).

A proper noun referring to a French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829).

uncountable · proper noun

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   Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, a French naturalist who proposed an early theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.

   Французский натуралист

   • Lamarck argued that giraffes developed long necks by stretching to reach high leaves.
   • His theory of evolution was later replaced by Darwin's natural selection.
   • Lamarck's work laid the foundation for modern evolutionary biology.