What Was the Flaw in Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's Theory of Evolution

question 40

Multiple Choice

What was the flaw in Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's theory of evolution?

• A)His assertion that characteristics parents acquired in the course of their lives could be passed on to their offspring by heredity
• B)His denial that human beings had evolved from other primates
• C)His claim that genetic mutations were random
• D)His belief that God intervened to push evolution in the direction of greater complexity

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