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Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution
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By Alpheus Spring Packard 18 Oct, 2018
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Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard Although it is now a century since Lamarck published the germs of his theory, it is perhaps only within the past fifty years that the scientific world and the gener ... Read more
Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard Although it is now a century since Lamarck published the germs of his theory, it is perhaps only within the past fifty years that the scientific world and the general public have become familiar with the name of Lamarck and of Lamarckism. The rise and rehabilitation of the Lamarckian theory of organic evolution, so that it has become a rival of Darwinism; the prevalence of these views in the United States, Germany, England, and especially in France, where its author is justly regarded as the real founder of organic evolution, has invested his name with a new interest, and led to a desire to learn some of the details of his life and work, and of his theory as he unfolded it in 1800 and subsequent years, and finally expounded it in 1809. Less
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Alpheus Spring Packard
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Alpheus Spring Packard, Jr., LL.D. was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He described over 500 new animal species – especially butterflies and moths – and was one of the founders of Th...
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