Multiple choice

Individuals could acquire traits during their lifetimes could pass on those traits to offspring

  1. Cuvier

  2. Hutton

  3. Lyell

  4. Lamarck

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed that organisms acquire traits during their lifetimes and pass them to offspring (inheritance of acquired characteristics), like giraffes stretching necks. This was disproven but preceded Darwin's natural selection.