<P> The inheritance of acquired characteristics was proposed in ancient times by Hippocrates and Aristotle , and was commonly accepted near to Lamarck 's time ; Erasmus Darwin had described it in his Zoonomia , 1794 . The historian of science Conway Zirkle wrote that : </P>
<P> The inheritance of acquired characteristics was proposed in ancient times by Hippocrates and Aristotle , and was commonly accepted near to Lamarck 's time ; Erasmus Darwin had described it in his Zoonomia , 1794 . The historian of science Conway Zirkle wrote that : </P>
who proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired character
who proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired character
Hippocrates Aristotle
Hippocrates Aristotle