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Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution

Note 256 — Chapter XX · THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LAMARCKISM AND DARWINISM; NEOLAMARCKISM

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“A Theoretical Origin of Endogens from Exogens through Self-Adaptation to an Aquatic Habit,” Linnean Society Journal: Botany, 1892, l. c., xxix., pp. 485–528. A case analogous to kinetogenesis in animals is his statement based on mathematical calculations by Mr. Hiern, “that the best form of the margin of floating leaves for resisting the strains due to running water is circular, or at least the several portions of the margin would be circular arcs” (p. 517).

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