Use-disuse theory has recently displaced natural selection as mainstream science's most accepted theory of evolutionary change.

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The use-disuse theory, also known as Lamarckism, has not displaced natural selection in mainstream science. Natural selection, a key mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin, remains the most accepted theory of evolutionary change. Lamarckism has been largely discredited in favor of Darwinian evolution.

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