Question

While home for winter break, you start telling your grandmother about your biological anthropology class. She once heard about a man who became a bodybuilder and then produced muscular children, and she asks you to explain how this could happen. What correct information could you give her?

Answer 1

The information that can be given is:

- Darwin's theory of evolution talks about inheritance of acquired characteristics.

- That what she is saying is related to Lamarck's theory, which had some intresting points but it is not accurate.

- There is an idea that food supplies limits populations growth. A person who is a bodybuilder may me able to get better food supplies.

- This is an example of Mendel's theory that states that the inherited traits are not blended.

Step-by-step explanation:

This example can shows how the theory of the evolutions can explain inheritance.