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Why Is Jean Baptiste Lamark Wrong
Jean Baptiste Lamark was born in Bazentin, France in 1744. His family wanted him to go into priesthood, but Jean became a French soldier in 1761. He started studying botany then. Jean thought that the necks of giraffes have evolved as giraffes reached for higher leaves. He was the first scientist to use the term “invertebrate” to describe animals without backbones. Towards the end of his life. Jean became completely but his daughter helped him publish his work. He was the first scientist that claimed humans evolved from a lower species. Lamarck also proposed that certain acquired traits were passed down to their offspring. Georges Cuvier was able to prove that part of the Jean’s theory was wrong.
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