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who proposed the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics
Lamarck is best known for his Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
when did lamarck present his theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics
Lamarck presented his Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics in 1801

Question: was the biologist the first to believe in the idea
Self-contained rewrite: was lamarck the first to believe in the inheritance of acquired characteristics idea