Consider an elephant’s long trunk. Assuming elephant trunks started put short, explain how Darwin would account for the long trunk, and how lamarck would account for it.

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Consider an elephant’s long trunk. Assuming elephant trunks started put short, explain how Darwin would account for the long trunk, and how lamarck would account for it.
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