Aisling Timeline

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  • Carl von Linne

    Carl von Linne, a Swedish botanist, creates a system to dividing life into 5 different categories.

  • George Washington

    George Washington becomes the 1st President of the US.

  • Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin is born in Britain.

  • James Madison

    James Madison becomes the 4th President of the US.

  • Georges Cuvier

    Georges Cuvier discovers fossils in canals and mines.

  • John Adams

    John Adams becomes the 2nd President of the US.

  • Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin begins his voyage around the world.

  • Alfred Russel

    Alfred Russel creates theory of natural selection and shows Charles Darwin.

  • Abe Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th President of the US

  • Greg Mandel

    Gregor Mendel publishes a paper about how traits are inherited throughout generations.

  • U. S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant becomes the 18th President of the US.

  • Horse Fossils

    The evolution of modern day horses are discovered from fossils found of four-toed ancient horses.

  • James Garfield

    James A. Garfield becomes the 20th President of the US.

  • Radioactivity

    Antoine Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.

  • Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th President of the US.

  • Man-like-ape

    Raymond Dart finds a prehistoric “man-like-ape.”

  • FDR

    Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the US.

  • Neo-Darwinism

    “Neo-Darwinism” is created. This theory was a combination between mondern day genetics and Darwin’s 19th century theory.

  • Harry Truman

    Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the US.

  • DNA

    The double-helix structure of DNA is discovered.

  • Eisenhower

    Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th President of the US.

  • DNA

    DNA blueprints between apes and human show very similar data.