Question

Which idea did Lamarck propose that was rejected by his fellow scientists?

A) Acquired traits can be passed to offspring.
B)Organisms evolve by acquiring behaviors.
C)Fossils show the behaviors of ancient species.
D)Giraffes have larger gene pools than most animals.

Answer 1

A. Acquired traits can be passed to offspring Jean-Baptiste Lamarck first presented his Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics in 1801. According to his theory, if an organism changes in order to adapt to its environment, the changes are passed on the organism's offspring. Some of his proposed ideas in the theory, however, were dismissed by other scientists by experimenting and studying of genetics.