Describe the Evolution of the Long Neck Giraffes Using Lamarck
In your own word please describe in detail how Darwins explanation for the evolution of giraffes long neck differs from that of Lamarck. According to Lamarck the giraffe got its long neck because its ancestors stretched theirs to eat leaves that were just out of reach. Revise Principles Of Evolution By Natural Selection For Gcse Biology Aqa Science Revision Biology Theory Of Evolution Jean Baptiste Lamarck published his theory of evolution in 1809. . It is not until the sixth edition of the Origin 1872 that Darwin gives extended consideration to the long neck as an adaptation for feeding but in response to criticisms by Mivart not to make a contrast with Lamarck. Lamarck believed that animals could inherit traits acquired by their parents. Long necks were thus selected for in every generation gradually lengthening the giraffes neck over evolutionary time. According to this idea each giraffe stretched its neck over its life...