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Explore the foundational concepts that preceded Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory through this 40-minute lecture examining early evolutionary ideas, creationist perspectives, and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's pioneering theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics, providing essential historical context for understanding how evolutionary thought developed before Darwin's groundbreaking contributions to biology.
Syllabus
W1L2_History of Evolutionary Thought (Pre-Darwin)
Taught by
NPTEL-NOC IITM