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Galen of Pergamon describes the human body
Galen of Pergamon describes the human body -
Aristotle
Aristotle describes life with the Scala Naturae -
Hypothesis of evolution
Lamarck develops Hypothesis of evolution by means of acquired characteristics -
The Voyage of the HMS Beagle
Open-circuit-demand scuba is a 1942 invention by the Frenchmen Émile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau -
The Germ Theory
Proving the germ theory of disease was the crowning achievement of the French scientist Louis Pasteur -
Evolutionary Processes
Alfred Russel Wallace published ideas of evolutionary processes -
Origin of Species
The Origin of species by means of Natural Selection is published -
Spontaneous Generation
Louis Pasteur refutes spontaneous generation -
Inheritance of Traits
Gregor Mendel publishes works on inheritance of traits in pea plants -
The Challenger Oceanography Expedition sails around the world
The Challenger Oceanography Expedition sails around the world -
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum is described as the causative agent of malaria -
allele frequencies
Hardy and Weinberg independently develop the Hardy-Weinberg equation for determining allele frequencies in populations -
sex-linkage
T. Hunt Morgan discovers sex-linkage -
Bohr model of atom structure
Neils Bohr develops the Bohr model of atom structure -
process of transformation
Frederick Griffith describes the process of transformation -
Genetics & the Origin of Species
Theodosius Dobzhansky publishes Genetics and the Origin of Species -
1 gene-1 enzyme hypothesis
Beadle and Tatum publish the 1 gene-1 enzyme hypothesis -
Scuba Gear
In 1942, the team redesigned a car regulator and invented a demand regulator that would automatically fresh air when a diver breathed, an invention by the Frenchmen Émile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau -
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Avery, MacLoed and McCarty determine that DNA is the molecule that carries the genetic code -
The first atomic bomb is used in war
The first atomic bomb is used in war -
Ensatina the ring species
Ensatina described as a ring species -
transposons
Barbara McClintock describes transposons -
Alfred Hershey
The Hershey–Chase experiments were a series of experiments conducted -
Miller-Urey experiments published
Miller-Urey experiments published -
Image 51
Rosalind Franklin works with DNA and X-Ray crystallography and develops “Image 51” -
The Double Helix
Watson and Crick propose the double helix model of DNA structure -
Meselson and Stahl work with DNA replication
Meselson and Stahl work with DNA replication -
Nirenberg cracks the genetic code
Nirenberg cracks the genetic code -
Endosymbiosis
Endosymbiosis is described by Lynn Margulis -
Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 lands on the moon -
Nothing in Science Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution
Theodosius Dobzhansky publishes “Nothing in Science Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.” -
Australopithicus afarensis
Australopithicus afarensis nicknamed “lucy” fossil discovered -
Spliceosomes
Spliceosomes were discovered and described -
The Sanger Technique
The Sanger Technique is developed -
Deep sea hydrothermal vents
Deep sea hydrothermal vents and associated life around them are discovered -
Chain Reaction
Kary Mullis develops Polymerase Chain Reaction -
CRISPr/CAS 9
CRISPr/CAS 9 is identified and described -
Tommie Lee Andrews is convicted of rape
Tommie Lee Andrews is convicted of rape -
Drosophila pseudoobscrura
Reproductive isolation as a consequence of adaptive divergence in Drosophila pseudoobscrura is published -
The Innocence Project
The Innocence Project is founded -
Dolly the sheep is cloned
Dolly the sheep is cloned -
Human Genome
Human genome is fully sequenced -
Denisova
Homo denisova fossil discovered -
Richard L Bible is executed
Richard L Bible is executed -
The Toumai
Sahelanthropus tchadensis skull, known as Toumai was discovered