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Lamarck develops Hypothesis of evolution by means of acquired characteristics
Lamarck's theory states that if an organism changes during life in order to adapt to its environment, those changes are passed on to the offspring. (http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/lamarck/lamarck/lamarck_lamarck.html) -
The Voyage of the HMS Beagle
Darwin traveled around the world for five years and on October 2, 1836, the ship reached English shores. (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/charles-darwins-travel-beagle/) -
Louis Pasteur refutes spontaneous generation
Louis Pasteur discovers later on after a microscopic examination of the cotton that he had placed on pasteur filtered air through a gun-cotton filter, found it full of microorganisms, suggesting that the exposure of a broth to air was not introducing a “life force” to the broth but rather airborne microorganisms. -
The Origin of species by means of Natural Selection is published
Darwin’s theory argues that the numerous traits and adaptations that differ species from each other also demonstrate how species evolved over time and gradually diverged. (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/origin-of-species-is-published) -
Gregor Mendel publishes works on inheritance of traits in pea plants
Mendel discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance, stating that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent. Later on recognizing the mathematical patterns of inheritance from one generation to the next. (http://www.dnaftb.org/1/bio.html) -
The Germ Theory of Disease is published
The theory states that many diseases are caused by microorganisms, for example flu, chickenpox and pneumonia. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/shp/modern/indrevknowledgerev2.shtml) -
Hershey-Chase experiments were published
A. D. Hershey and Martha Chase contributed further research that stated When bacteriophages containing 32P (radioactive), were allowed to infect nonradioactive bacteria, all the infected cells became radioactive and, in fact, much of the radioactivity was passed on to the next generation of bacteriophages. -
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Lunar Landing Mission was the first mission to the Moon and landed, the first man footsteps that were placed on the moon were by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. (https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo11.cfm) -
Sahelanthropus tchadensis fossil discovered
This Sahelanthropus tchadensis species were alive between 7 and 6 million years ago. They are one of the oldest species to be known in the human family tree. They were discovered in West-Central Africa and they had a similar traits of ape-like and human-like features. (http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/sahelanthropus-tchadensis) -
Human genome is fully sequenced
New technologies will have to be invented to retain the info of the one percent of the gene-containing portion of the genome that has been missing.There were many contributors to the project such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Human Genome Research Institute, the U.S. Department of Energy, also universities and research centers throughout the world. (https://www.genome.gov/11006943/human-genome-project-completion-frequently-asked-questions/)
