Lamarckian evolution

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Brendan McKenna asked:

I remember an older book/series that involved a sect of humans invading known space from a binary star system where they also find an alien species that operates under Lamarckian biological rules… can anyone help me remember the title?

I don’t recall whether a binary star system is mentioned, but in Greg Bear’s Legacy (prequel to Eon) a group of humans illegally settle on a planet they call Larmarckia due to the strange ecosystem.

The story is a bit more of a planetary Lord of the Flies than a technological smorgasbord like the other “Way” novels.