Parallel Paths: A Study in Biology, Ethics, and Art

CHAPTER IV

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The Mechanical Theory of Evolution: the Darwin-Lamarck Explanation

The Fixity of Species, how Maintained 66

The Mutability of Species 67

Lamarck’s Explanation of the Origin of Species 68

Natural Selection of Innate Variations 72

Difficulties of Lamarckism 77

Need of a deeper Explanation 89