Question

It is stated by some evolutionary scientists today that small dinosaurs eventually developed wings from jumping out of trees and then passed this acquired skill on to their descendants. this theory is based on the ideas of biologist? a) Dalton b) Darwin c) Newton d) Pasteur e) Lamarck

Answer 1

Answer:

e) Lamarck

Explanation:

Lamarck stated that traits could be acquired due to the use or disuse of a certain structure, for example:  if giraffes were trying to reach leaves this would cause their necks to elongate and the trait would pass onto the next generation in other words organisms could change by what organisms want or need.  In the 1880s, the German biologist August Weismann disproved this theory.