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Philosophie Zoologique ("Zoological Philosophy, or Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals") is an 1809 book by the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, in which he outlines his pre-Darwinian theory of evolution, part of which is now known as Lamarckism.
Oct 9, 2019 · Philosophie Zoologique, by early French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, was published in 1809. In this book, Lamarck developed the first complete theory of organic evolution, arguing that the incredible diversity of living material on the Earth came about through evolution and describing processes of evolutionary change that produced that ...
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Philosophie zoologique, 1809. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, (in seven volumes, 1815–22). Lamarck employed several mechanisms as drivers of evolution, drawn from the common knowledge of his day and from his own belief in the chemistry before Lavoisier.
In the 1790s he began promoting the broad theories of physics, chemistry, and meteorology that he had been nurturing for almost two decades. He also began thinking about Earth’s geologic history and developed notions that he would eventually publish under the title of Hydrogéologie (1802).
The great French zoologist Lamarck (1744–1829) was best known for his theory of evolution, called 'soft inheritance', whereby organisms pass down acquired characteristics to their offspring. Originally a soldier, Lamarck later studied medicine and biology, becoming particularly interested in botany. His distinguished career included admission ...
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Philosophie Zoologique. The great French zoologist Lamarck (1744–1829) was best known for his theory of evolution, called ‘soft inheritance’, whereby organisms pass down acquired characteristics to their ofspring.
Originally published in 1809, Lamarck’s Philosophie Zoologique contains the earliest account of a cohesive theory of the evolutionary process, putting forward the idea of the inheritance of acquired characteristics (that offspring inherit characteristics which their parents acquired through habitual use, resulting in a species’ gradual ...
