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So Lamarck was right after all?

• pygy_ 11y ago
  To some extent, yes, but epigenetics won't AFAIK lead to speciation.
  • RockofStrength 11y ago
    Anything that changes behavior can eventually lead to speciation.
• ryangittins 11y ago
  Yes and no. Life experiences do not affect one's genes, but the way those genes are expressed. Though, I don't know if (and doubt) that distinction was known in his day.
• ddebernardy 11y ago
  One could argue he was in some sense, yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckism#Epigenetic_Lamarckism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckism#Epigenetic_Lamarcki...