Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (August 1, 1744 – December 18, 1829) was a French soldier, naturalist, academic and an early proponent of the idea that evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws.
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See also
- Lamarckism
- Acclimation
- Exaptation
- Evolution
- Gene-centered view of evolution
- Intragenomic conflict
- Lysenkoism
- Maladaptation
- Neutral theory of molecular evolution
- Phenotypic plasticity
- Preadaptation
- Spandrel
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