Question

The idea of use and disuse of organs for evolution of organism was proposed by ______.

Options

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Malthus

• Hugo De Vries

• Lamarck

Answer 1

The idea of use and disuse of organs for evolution of organism was proposed by Lamarck.

Explanation: 

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed that organs frequently used become more developed while those not used degenerate, and these acquired changes are passed to offspring (inheritance of acquired characters). Darwin proposed natural selection, Malthus wrote on population limits, and Hugo de Vries proposed the mutation theory.