Who Developed a Theory of Evolution Almost Identical to Darwin's?
Perhaps the Most Surprising Discovery in Recent Year's Has to Do with One of Darwin’s Predecessors in Evolutionary Theory. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, a French...
Who Developed A Theory Of Evolution Almost Identical To Darwin’s??
Perhaps the most surprising discovery in recent years has to do with one of Darwin’s predecessors in evolutionary theory. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, a French naturalist, developed his own theory of biological evolution in the early 19th century.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
He was a soldier, biologist, and academic, and an early proponent of the idea that biological evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws. Lamarck fought in the Pomeranian War (1757–62) against Prussia, and was awarded a commission for bravery on the battlefield.
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Who developed a theory almost identical to Darwin?
But in the mid-1800s, Darwin and the British biologist Alfred Russel Wallace independently conceived of a natural, even observable, way for life to change: a process Darwin called natural selection. Interestingly, Darwin and Wallace found their inspiration in economics.
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