Lamarck's Evolutionary Revenge

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Lamarck's Evolutionary Revenge

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Oh the DRAMA in evolutionary biology! This meme is basically the scientific equivalent of a soap opera! A cartoon character literally STRETCHES ITS ARM to find a biologist, and then proudly declares Lamarck wasn't wrong - he just needed better terminology! For those who slept through Bio 101, Lamarck thought organisms could pass acquired traits to offspring (like giraffes stretching their necks). Meanwhile, Darwin's character crashes through the wall like some evolution Kool-Aid man, screaming about genetics while the stretched-arm character smugly mentions epigenetics. It's the 200-year-old scientific beef that never ends! Modern science shows Lamarck wasn't COMPLETELY bonkers - epigenetic mechanisms can indeed affect gene expression across generations without changing DNA sequences. The ultimate scientific mic drop!

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