Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (/ ləˈmɑːrk /; [1] French: [ʒɑ̃batist lamaʁk] [2]), was a French …

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, pioneering French biologist who is best known for his idea that acquired characters are inheritable, an idea known as Lamarckism, which is refuted by modern genetics and …

Lamarck started his scientific career as a botanist, but in 1793 he became one of the founding professors of the Musee National d’Histoire Naturelle as an expert on invertebrates. His work on …

Jul 23, 2025 · Lamarck's Theory of Evolution, also called Lamarckism, was proposed by Jean-Baptiste de Monet Lamarck in the year 1744-1829. Lamarckism is related to the inheritance of acquired …

May 13, 2025 · Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a scientist who studied botany and created the term 'invertebrate.' He proposed that species adapt to their environment and pass changes to the next …

Aug 5, 2025 · Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, a French naturalist born in the mid-18th century, was among the first scientists to propose a comprehensive theory explaining how living organisms change over time.

May 20, 2025 · Lamarck’s contributions extended beyond theory. He was also a masterful taxonomist and biologist, credited with coining the term “invertebrate” and producing one of the first systematic …

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck, more commonly known as Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, was a legendary French biologist who advocated that acquired characteristics are …

Lamarck did considerable pioneering work on physics, chemistry and meteorology. Following a roughly chronological format, Jordanova follows the development of Lamarck's scientific thinking, in particular …

Lamarckism, a theory of evolution based on the principle that physical changes in organisms during their lifetime—such as greater development of an organ or a part through increased use—could be …