"There is really no need to worry about the depletion of the ozone,because human beings will adapt by developing a new outer layer of skin that is more resistant to the radiation of the sun." This is a statement that suggests we can acquire characteristics that are useful for our survival.Upon whose theory of evolution might this statement be based?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Charles Darwin
C) Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
D) John Broadus Watson

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This statement suggests the idea of the inheritance of acquired characteristics, which is a theory developed by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck. Lamarck believed that organisms can change their characteristics based on their environment and pass those changes to their offspring. However, this theory has been largely discredited by the discovery of genetics and the theory of evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin.

"There Is Really No Need to Worry About the Depletion