Chinese researchers recently uncovered molecular evidence supporting Lamarckism—a long-debated theory from the early 19th century that acquired characteristics can be inherited. The evidence was ...

The term epigenetics is being thrown around by many who incorrectly believe "genes are our destiny" by deliberately misinterpreting data. What is epigenetics, really? And how much stock should we ...

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) formulated the first real theory of biological evolution, in which organisms acquired traits directly from adapting to the environments they faced and passed those ...