Question

According to Lamarck, a giraffe has a long neck because:

• A. a creator designed it that way.
• B. catastrophes eliminated short-necked forms.
• C. its ancestors stretched their necks to get food.
• D. ancestral giraffes with slightly longer necks than others got more food and left more surviving offspring.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

According to Lamarckism (or Lamarckian inheritance) an organism can pass on the characteristics that it acquired during its lifetime. According to Lamarck, a giraffe has a long neck because its ancestors stretched their necks to get the food