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theadvancedapes  ·  4328 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is Lamarck's Role in This Modern World?

Lamarckianism is introduced to all first year students as an example of what is not evolution. However, as b_b pointed out, recent research is revealing that there seem to be Lamarckian microevolutionary effects. The implications of this research are not only not fully understood yet, but have also yet to be completely acknowledged by most evolutionary scientists.