Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) is one of the best-known early evolutionists. Unlike Darwin, Lamarck believed that living things evolved in a continuously upward direction, from dead matter ...

Charles Darwin close Charles DarwinAn English naturalist ... vast majority of cases this type of inheritance cannot occur. Lamarck's theory cannot account for all the observations made about ...

Melvyn Bragg discusses Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, the 18th century French scientist, and his theory of Natural Selection. Who was he and how far did he pave the way for Darwin? Show more Melvyn Bragg ...