Write any 3 differences between Lamarck and Darwin's views on evolution.
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What was the difference between the theories of Lamarck and Darwin?
Darwin and Lamarck's theories were very different. Darwin theory said that organisms get helpful variation before changes in the environment. ... Lamarck theory said that organisms got helpful variation after a change in the environment. He said that giraffes got long necks when the food on the ground ran out.
Lamarckism
1. This theory was proposed by Jean Baptiste de Lamarck.
2. The population of individuals have identical characteristics. Individuals are capable of transformation.
3. Internal drive toward greater complexity modified by the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Variations are directed towards organism's needs.
Darwinism
1. This theory was proposed by Charles Darwin.
2. The population of interbreeding individuals have similar characteristics with certain variation at all times. Individuals are unchanging. The population is capable of transformation.
3. Variation exists regardless of organism's requirement. It is not directed toward any purpose.