Why was Jean Baptiste Lamarck wrong about the mechanism of evolution? A. Because giraffes haven't evolved in billions of years. B. Because individuals do not pass on any traits that they acquire during their lifetime. C. Because individuals can change their traits during their lifetime and pass on those traits to their offpsring. D. Because he misunderstood the structure of DNA.
Why was Jean Baptiste Lamarck wrong about the mechanism of evolution?
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Because giraffes haven't evolved in billions of years. |
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| B. |
Because individuals do not pass on any traits that they acquire during their lifetime. |
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| C. |
Because individuals can change their traits during their lifetime and pass on those traits to their offpsring. |
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| D. |
Because he misunderstood the structure of DNA. |
According to Lamarck living things evolved in a continuous upward direction that from dead matter through simple to more complex form towards the perfect form. Also according to him species didn't die out in extinction.
According to him new species evolved from previous species and they acquired are inherited by offspring.
Also according to Lamarck physical changes occurs in an individual during it's lifetime are inherited by its offspring.
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