Question

Jean Baptiste Lamarck explained evolution based on

(a) natural selection

(b) survival of the fittest

(c) mutations

(d) inheritance of acquired characteristics

Answer 1

Answer is : (d) inheritance of acquired characteristics

Lamarck is best known for his theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics’, first presented in 1801. It states that if an organism changes environment, those changes are passed on to its offsprings.