Epigenetics and Lamarckian Evolution: What’s the Difference?

And why do we care? Epigenetics & Transgenerational Wounding

Both epigenetics and Lamarckian evolution are concepts about how traits can be passed down to children. But they work in very different ways.

Lamarckian Evolution

A scientist named Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had a theory in the early 1800s. He believed that if an animal changed something about itself during its life, it could pass that change to its babies. Fo…