Most likely people who perform tough manual work can develop:
Correct answer: D. certain aquired characters
- A. thick subcutaneous fat in their palms
- B. greater quantity of melanin all over the body.
- C. strong calf muscles
- D. certain aquired characters
Explanation
Lamark argued that those parts of the body used extensively to cope with the environment become larger and stronger example; black Smith developed a bigger biceps in the arm that works the hammer.
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Lamarckism explains evolution through environmental influence, use and disuse of organs, and the inheritance of acquired characteristics. It differs from Darwinian natural selection because Lamarck proposed that organisms develop useful traits during their lifetime and pass them on, a view not supported by modern genetics.
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