Which of these principles is common to both Lamarck’s and Darwin’s theories of evolution?Select one of the options below as your answer:
A. Species developed new features in order to survive in a changing environment.
B. All organisms are related to and descended from a common ancestor.
C. Environment selects who will survive by allowing the best adapted organisms to survive.

Question

Which of these principles is common to both Lamarck’s and Darwin’s theories of evolution?Select one of the options below as your answer:
A. Species developed new features in order to survive in a changing environment.
B. All organisms are related to and descended from a common ancestor.
C. Environment selects who will survive by allowing the best adapted organisms to survive.

thelittlemerpmaid · Answer

This is a quote I had found studying the same thing:
''Lamarck thought characteristics acquired during a species lifetime could be passed onto offspring, while Darwin thought this was a very gradual change over many generations, but both knew that features which enabled a species to cope with changed conditions in the environment increased in presence overtime.''
This convinces me that the answer is A.