Although the name "Lamarck" is now associated with a discredited view of evolution, the French biologist's notion that organisms inherit the traits acquired during their parents' lifetime had common ...

If there is an afterlife, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck has had a roller-coaster of a ride. His life went well enough at first, defined early by honors gained on the battlefield and in the lab. Lamarck was a ...

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The name Jean-Baptiste Lamarck has long carried a black mark in the annals of science. The 18th-century French noble was the guy who got evolution wrong, believing that characteristics acquired during ...