Famous Scientists

Question 1

What was Darwin’s theory?

Answer 1

Species today descend from common ancestries in a tree of life. Organisms in a nature produce more offspring than can survive because of natural selection. Organisms do not change to fit the environment, mutations occur that either help of hurt the organism in their environment. It is a matter of chance as well.

Question 2

What was Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s Theory?

Answer 2

If a trait was acquired in an organism it can be passed to offspring. Tendency towards perfection. Organisms change in response to the environment.
Ex. A body builder builds muscles and passes those same muscles to offspring
Ex. Giraffes stretch their necks and eventually the elongated necks are passed on through the environment.

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