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. 2017 Mar 13;10(3):e1301335. doi: 10.1080/19420889.2017.1301335

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Figure 4. — Major genetic and non-genetic causes of (Communicational) variability. Not only Charles Darwin, but his contemporary Alfred Russel Wallace as well, independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection. Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744–1829) but commonly referred to as simply Lamarck is best known for his theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics that was proven wrong in the context of classical genetics (pictures from Wikipedia, with thanks). Epigenetics is a form of temporary transfer of genetic information (through DNA- and/or histone modification) to the next (few) generation(s). According to some researchers such transfer is Lamarckian in nature. Cultural evolution is also mainly Lamarckian in nature.