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Lamarck's Evolutionary Revenge
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Lamarck's Evolutionary Revenge
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!

Sure Lamarck, Let's Get You To Bed
Evolution Biology Scientists Science
6 days ago 3.1K views 0 shares
Sure Lamarck, Let's Get You To Bed
Darwin's just escorting Lamarck home after he suggested giraffes evolved long necks by stretching to reach tall trees. The comic perfectly illustrates Lamarckian inheritance—the debunked theory that acquired traits pass to offspring. Meanwhile, Darwin's sitting there with natural selection like, "That's cute, but no." The comic's conclusion that giraffes are just stubborn horses is exactly the kind of nonsense that would make Lamarck nod enthusiastically while Darwin reaches for the aspirin. Evolution doesn't work by trying really hard, no matter how much undergrads wish it did during finals week.

The Great Giraffe Neck Stretch Fail
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The Great Giraffe Neck Stretch Fail
The ultimate evolutionary smackdown! This meme brilliantly roasts Lamarck's theory of acquired characteristics - where giraffes supposedly stretched their necks to reach higher leaves and passed those stretched necks to their offspring. The progression shows trees growing taller, giraffes stretching more and more until... the moon tells them to back off! It's basically Darwin and modern genetics giving Lamarckism the scientific equivalent of "nice try, but no." The title references Cuvier and Weismann, two scientists who were major critics of Lamarckism. Weismann famously cut off mice tails for generations to prove that acquired traits aren't inherited (spoiler: baby mice kept being born with tails). Biology burn of the highest order!