The Connection between Charles Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory of ‘Heredity of Behaviors’ and the 19th Century Neuroscience: The Influence of Neuroscience on Darwin’s Overcoming of Lamarck’s Theory of Evolution

The nineteenth century neuroscience studied the instinct of animal to understand the human mind. In particular, it has been found that the inheritance of unconscious behavior like instinct is mediated through ganglion chains, such as the spinal cord or sympathetic nervous system, which control uncon...

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Main Author: Sunhee HAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for the History of Medicine 2019-04-01
Series:Uisahak
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Online Access:http://www.medhist.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjmh-28-1-291.pdf