Lamarckian
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Lamarckian
Example Sentences
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In the Lamarckian theory of evolution, changes in species occur not slowly over generational mutations, but within the lifetimes of individual animals.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2019
But biologists are quick to stress that what these organisms show is not true Lamarckian evolution.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2018
These stories fuelled my imagination about animal origins, albeit in an absurdist Lamarckian fashion.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2016
Whether you’re Darwinian or Lamarckian, you have to ask the question: What’s that information doing in the child if it doesn’t matter?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2012
The Duke of Argyll, Mr. Mivart and Mr. Geddes may be named in this connexion; together with the self-styled neo-Lamarckians, who seek to magnify the Lamarckian principles at the expense of the distinctively Darwinian.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by George John Romanes
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