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In the Biblical book of Genesis, Jacob selects the color of his sheep by having them look at branches of the same color while they bred — a pseudoscientific "impression" theory of inheritance that was nonetheless widely held in antiquity. What were some of the earliest criticisms of this idea?

by /u/koine_lingua in /r/AskHistorians

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