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Jean ChalineCharles Devillers

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Natural selectionPhilosophyModern theoryContrast (music)SpeculationEpistemology

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From his studies on Invertebrate animals and fossils in the vicinity of Paris, J.-B. de Lamarck (1744–1829) formulated a number of conclusions in his Zoological Philosophy [1] (1809), the first coherent theory of evolution. However, in contrast to commonly held belief, this was not based purely on speculation, but was progressively elaborated.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77022-7_3