Question

While home for winter break, you start telling your grandmother about your physical anthropology class. She once heard about a man who became a bodybuilding and then produced muscular children, and she asks you to explain how this could happen. you say that
a) In heritance of acquired characteristics is a fundamental tenet of Darwin's theory of evolutionb) this is an example of Lamarckism, which has some kernels of truth about evolution but is not a wholly accurate theoryc) Malthu's ideas about how food supply limits populations growth mean that a bodybuilding will be more successful at procuring food and reproducingd) this illustrates Mendel's idea that inherited traits are not blended

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option is B: this is an examples of Lamarckism, which has some kernels of truth about evolution but is not a wholly accurate theory.

Explanation:

The man being able to pass a trait that was acquired not from birth, but during his lifetime, to his children is a clear example of Lamarckian inheritance or Lamarckism. This theory suggests that it is possible for an organism to pass physical features acquired through the use or disuse of external material to its offspring. This idea is sometimes referred to as soft inheritance.