Is evolutionary psychology the best explanati l m 2l32

Darwin and Evolution Timeline

By ellie_rosx
  • 1943 BCE

    1943

    1943
    Demonstration that DNA is the genetic material
  • 1903 BCE

    1903

    1903
    Sutton demonstrated chromosomes carry units of Mendelian heredity
  • 1900 BCE

    1900

    1900
    Mendel's experiments rediscovered
  • 1892 BCE

    1892

    1892
    Weismann demonstrated important role of nucleus in heredity
  • 1871 BCE

    1871

    1871
    Miescher isolated DNA
  • 1865 BCE

    1865

    1865
    Publication of Mendel's experiments on heredity
  • 1859 BCE

    1859

    1859
    Darwin published The Origin of Species.
  • 1858 BCE

    1858

    1858
    Wallace wrote on natural selection. Both Darwin's and Wallace's ideas presented to the Linnaean Society of London.
  • 1844 BCE

    1844

    1844
    Darwin wrote an unpublished essay on natural selection.
  • 1831 BCE

    1831

    1831
    Voyage of the Beagle.
  • 1830 BCE

    1830

    1830
    Lyell proposed geological theory of uniformitarianism.
  • 1809 BCE

    1809

    1809
    Publication of Lamarck's theory of evolution — Darwin born.
  • 1798 BCE

    1798

    1798
    Publication of Malthus' Essay on the Principle of Population.
  • 1795 BCE

    1795

    1795
    Hutton proposed geological theory of gradualism.
  • 1767 BCE

    1767

    1767
    Cuvier born. Cuvier founded palaeontology, the study of fossils
  • 1707 BCE

    1707

    1707
    Linnaeus born. Linnaeus founded a hierarchical system of classification.