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 ...

Lamarck thinks that wading birds, for instance, evolved long legs as they stretched to keep high and dry. Lamarck is the most renowned -- but by no means the only -- proponent of evolution in this ...

Lamarck's theory cannot account for all the observations made about life on Earth. For instance, his theory implies that all organisms would gradually become complex, and simple organisms disappear.