Jean-baptiste lamarck zoological philosophy

          Zoological philosophy; an exposition with regard to the natural history of animals, with an introduction by Hugh Elliot.

          Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck..

          Philosophie zoologique

          Book by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

          Philosophie Zoologique ("Zoological Philosophy, or Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals") is an 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.

          In the book, Lamarck named two supposed laws that would enable animal species to acquire characteristics under the influence of the environment. The first law stated that use or disuse would cause body structures to grow or shrink over the generations.

          The second law asserted that such changes would be inherited.

          In the book, Lamarck named two supposed laws that would enable animal species to acquire characteristics under the influence of the environment.

        1. The great French zoologist Lamarck (–) was best known for his theory of evolution, called 'soft inheritance', whereby organisms pass down acquired.
        2. Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck.
        3. Explore the natural history of animals with the father of evolutionary theory himself, Jean Baptiste Lamarck.
        4. Considering that Lamarck is a true genius, that he is one of the founders of the science of biology and he is the first person to have imagined that animals.

          5. Those conditions together imply that species continuously change by adaptation to their environments, forming a branching series of evolutionary paths.

          Lamarck was largely ignored by the major French zoologist Cuvier, but he attracted much more interest abroad.

          The book was read carefully, but its thesis rejected, by nineteenth century scientis