The presence of Lamarck’s ideas in Cuba in the 19th century Authors Agustí Camós Cabeceran DOI: 10.2436/20.2006.01.252 Keywords: Lamarck; Cuba; Felipe Poey; Antonio Mestre; Francisco Calcagno; Academia de Ciencias de La Habana; Revista de Cuba Abstract This article investigates the presence of Lamarck’s work and his evolutionary approaches in Cuba throughout the 19th century, showing that from the first decades of the century his work was present on the island and his theory of evolution was also present both before and after the arrival of Darwin’s theory in Cuba. Accordingly, Lamarcks contribution should be considered in the studies concerning the introduction of evolutionism in Cuba. Downloads PDF (Español) Issue Vol. 18 (2025) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica.Authors answer to Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT) for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.SCHCT declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
