As in Lamarckism, used organs develop and unused ones atrophy. From Wordnik.com. [A Materialist Red Herring] Reference
Now we know that acquired gene changes can be and are heritable, Lamarckism is starting not to look so silly anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Assessing Causality] Reference
Joy (1): Now we know that acquired gene changes can be and are heritable, Lamarckism is starting not to look so silly anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Assessing Causality] Reference
That's called Lamarckism and it's very painful to hear from a Minister of Science and Technology. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
I am a big fan of 'Neo-Lamarckism' in the context of EAM. From Wordnik.com. [Assessing Causality] Reference
Lamarckism survives only as a portion of the vitalist creed. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Note: interestingly, they're all the way back to Lamarckism now. From Wordnik.com. [Amazing Brain Evolution] Reference
I know there was Lamarckism around the turn of the 19th century. From Wordnik.com. [The Disco 'Tute Dance continues - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
I hear this a lot about Lamarckism/Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union. From Wordnik.com. [Yet another controversy - the Intelligent Deceiver - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Lamarckism does not explain it in a scientifically satisfying way. From Wordnik.com. [Super-mutant killer mice destroying all in their path! - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
But preliminary evidence suggests that Lamarckism acts in people, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Sins of the Fathers, Take 2] Reference
I know there was Lamarckism around the turn of the 19th century. harold. From Wordnik.com. [The Disco 'Tute Dance continues - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
I doubt whether biologists will be so ready to join in reviving Lamarckism. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Toward What?] Reference
The overwhelming majority of biologists then abandoned any form of Lamarckism. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Maybe you can make a distinction between weak and strong Lamarckism, I'm not sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Varietals] Reference
Richard Dawkins is to Darwinism what Paul Kammerer was to Lamarckism in the 1920s. From Wordnik.com. [Dawkins Replies on Ed's Blog] Reference
Now, Lamarckism is generally thought of as transmission of aquired characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [It’s A Big Deal in Kansas « UDreamOfJanie] Reference
Wells provides a quote from Darwin which, in his view, is in harmony with Lamarckism. From Wordnik.com. [The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design Review: Whose Head is Ugly? Jonathan Wells and Lysenkoism (Chapter 16) - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
A lesser part of this was an implicit and sometimes explicit belief in quasi-Lamarckism. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Fuller shows us what he's made of - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
It covers things like debunking Lamarckism and examining the reception Darwin got at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Laonastes/ Diatomys/ kha-nyou/ rat-squirrel - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
I always thought that socialism at least where it ruled was rather affiliated with Lysenkoism and Lamarckism. From Wordnik.com. [Council of Europe: The dangers of creationism in education - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Culture may be weak Lamarckism (traits (memes) are hardly ever passed on perfectly), but it's still Lamarckism. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Varietals] Reference
Darwinism and Lamarckism were perhaps appropriate once, but it seems it is time to let these terms rest. steve s. From Wordnik.com. [Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
It is, however, broadly consistent with his views, and with what the term “Lamarckism” means in modern discourse. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Lamarck Day - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
“Lamarckism” somewhat unfairly named and “Lysenkoism” are sometimes used in this way while teaching evolution. From Wordnik.com. [Teachers' Opinions And The First Amendment - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Carrying this thought further, how could Lamarckism create a complicated organ like the eye, or even a simple eyespot?. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Lamarck Day - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
If 'mainstream science' is going to start appealing to Lamarckism at this point in the game I guess we can all go home. From Wordnik.com. [Assessing Causality] Reference
There are a bunch of proposed theories that have been tossed bathmism, orthogenesis, aristogenesis, neo-Lamarckism, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Action: Push Ohio State Board of Education to Revisit Standards - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Because much of what they say is a tacit or explicit appeal to concepts like saltationism, vitalism, orthogenesis and Lamarckism. From Wordnik.com. [Egregiously stupid remark of the week by an IDiot - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
After all at first glance Lamarckism is very logical and potentially can be demonstrated through the scientific method but was wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Riding the Evolution-Design Roller Coaster - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Lamarckism is no longer in favour, not because it relied on non-material forces or intentions, but because it does not fit the evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Science Friday tomorrow -- Monkey Girl, Flock of Dodos - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
How do people feel about the possibility that an alternative evolutionary theory e.g. neo-Lamarckism might prove superior to neo-Darwinism?. From Wordnik.com. [American Public Radio show: Understanding Charles Darwin - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
There, to our thinking, is one of the most solid positions of neo-Lamarckism. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution créatrice. English] Reference
What is truly bizarre is that Phillips simultaneously claims that Lamarckism is. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Creationists can most certainly claim both things about Lamarckism at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Lamarckism, geographic isolation, and nonadaptive evolution (see Provine 1986, chap. 7). From Wordnik.com. [Uncommon Descent] Reference
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