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Question
The ‘use and disuse theory’ was proposed by ______.
Options
Charles Darwin
Ernst Haeckel
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Gregor Mendel
Solution
The ‘use and disuse theory’ was proposed by Jean Baptiste Lamarck.
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