An elephant had a long, powerful trunk. According to the ideas of Lamarck, how did the trait of long, powerful trunks develop de

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An elephant had a long, powerful trunk. According to the ideas of Lamarck, how did the trait of long, powerful trunks develop de

velop in elephants

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AlekseyPX · Answer 1 · 2022-08-28T07:24:25+03:00

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Explanation:

Lamark believed in the inheritance of acquired characteristics. That is, that if an individual's body or organs changed in some way during the course of their life time (due to the environment or some other pressure), that these characteristics could be passed on to the next generation.

This was his theory of evolution. Therefore, if, slowly elephants started using their trunks to an advantage more, they would start to develop and grow. Lamark believed these acquired traits would be passed on to the next generation. We now know this not to be true, and random, selectively advantageous mutations in DNA are what cause evolution over time.