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The French taxonomist who, in 1809, proposed the first testableevolutionary theory that organisms using body parts repeatedlywould increase their abilities was

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Jean Lamarck was the first scientist to give this theory of use and misuse of organs This is popularly know as Lamarckism this theory says that if organism utilise one part of their body a lot there will be an increase in its size which will be a heritable change One very good example of this theory is 1long necks if giraffes    See Answer
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