1. Thus the emergent consensus that acquired characteristics could not be inherited became canon. 2. In " Zoonomia ", Darwin advocated the inheritance of acquired characteristics . 3. This agrees with Lamarck's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics . 4. Hardy identified as a Darwinian, he denied the Lamarckian inheritance of acquired characteristics . 5. Shaw's scientific rationale for evolving long-lived humans depended on the inheritance of acquired characteristics . 6. He further proposed evolution by acquired characteristics , anticipating the theory later developed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. 7. Well is an acquired characteristic , since a skill comes from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc. 8. Weismann claimed that acquired characteristics could not be inherited. 9. This idea, if true, rules out the inheritance of acquired characteristics as proposed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. 10. Rignano took interest in biology and wrote a book that argued for the inheritance of acquired characteristics .