NOUN
- a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring
How To Use Lamarckism In A Sentence
- There are a bunch of proposed theories that have been tossed bathmism, orthogenesis, aristogenesis, neo-Lamarckism, etc. Action: Push Ohio State Board of Education to Revisit Standards - The Panda's Thumb
- How do people feel about the possibility that an alternative evolutionary theory e.g. neo-Lamarckism might prove superior to neo-Darwinism? American Public Radio show: Understanding Charles Darwin - The Panda's Thumb
- Other mechanisms are either false (such as Lamarckism, the inheritance of acquired characteristics) or inadequate (such as saltationism, change by sudden jumps). Michael Ruse: Darwinism And The Problem Of Evil
- Owen in London, were favorable to neo-Lamarckism, which found its easily lending to evolution by design in the sense of lovely ‘archetypes’ that never wavered. Beyond the fish wars - The Panda's Thumb
- There are a bunch of proposed theories that have been tossed bathmism, orthogenesis, aristogenesis, neo-Lamarckism, etc. Action: Push Ohio State Board of Education to Revisit Standards - The Panda's Thumb
- They are the basis of that form of evolution which as lamarckism, and of late in sharp opposition to Darwin as neo-Lamarckism, has distinguished adherents among botanists, zoologists, and palaeontologists. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
- Unless you wish to support some sort of neo-Lamarckism, the results of 'random' mutation and resulting selection tell us nothing about environments. Death of a popular anti-ID argument
- It has now become clear that neo-Lamarckism has always been a reasonable theory, and it has stood the test of time for more than a century. Darwin's Defenders Go Neo-Lamarckian
- Thus, it is common for terms like “neo-Lamarckism” to be used to discuss models in which the role of natural selection is less dominant. Happy Lamarck Day - The Panda's Thumb
- It may seem like a textbook example of Lamarckism, but giraffes who can evolve the most stretch in their necks can stake out an adaptation with their bodies long enough for their genes to catch up.