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Would Darwin or Lamarck have agreed with the following statement?"The ancestor of today's anteaters lived among many creatures that ate ants, but the ancestor, through random variation, had a longer tongue and was able to more easily catch ants. It thrived, produced more offspring, and outcompeted the others with shorter tongues."Group of answer choicesLamarckDarwin

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Would Darwin or Lamarck have agreed with the following statement?"The ancestor of today's anteaters lived among many creatures that ate ants, but the ancestor, through random variation, had a longer tongue and was able to more easily catch ants. It thrived, produced more offspring, and outcompeted the others with shorter tongues."Group of answer choicesLamarckDarwin

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The statement aligns more with Darwin's theory of natural selection. According to Darwin, random variations that offer an advantage can help an organism survive and reproduce more effectively. In this case, the anteater ancestor with a longer tongue was able to catch ants more easily, giving it a survival advantage and allowing it to produce more offspring. Over time, this trait became more common in the population, which is consistent with Darwin's theory.

Lamarck, on the other hand, believed in the inheritance of acquired characteristics. According to his theory, an organism can change during its lifetime in response to its environment, and those changes are then passed on to its offspring. In this scenario, Lamarck might have suggested that the anteater ancestor developed a longer tongue because it was trying to reach ants, not because of a random variation.

So, the answer is Darwin.

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