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Lamarck claimed that
giraffes evolved from a
species similar to
antelopes and that their
necks grew longer
while they were trying
to eat the leaves of high
trees. However, this
claim of Lamarck’s is
refuted by scientific
findings and took its
place in history as a
false assumption.

Darwin also gave similar examples. In his
book The Origin of Species, for instance, he said
that some bears going into water to find food
transformed themselves into whales over time.
(Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species: A Fac-
simile of the First Edition, Harvard University
Press, 1964, p. 184.)

However, the laws of inheritance discov-
ered by Gregor Mendel (1822-84) and verified
by the science of genetics, which flourished in
the twentieth century, utterly demolished the
legend that acquired traits were passed on to
subsequent generations. Thus, natural selection
was left 'alone' and consequently rendered com-
pletely ineffective as an evolutionary mechanism.