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Period: Oct 8, 1543 to
evolution
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spontanious generation
new magnification devices are made, now things to small to the naked eye like maggot eggs are now visible. -
linnaeus's systema naturae charts life
linnaeus classifies all animals into kingdoms, familys and species -
comte de buffon proposes radical ideas
comte de buffon propses living creatures evovle according to natural laws and there enviroment -
zoonomia
charles darwin's grandfather, proposes that all warm blooded animals origionate from, one living fillament -
Darwin Born
charles darwin was born. -
Lamarck champions evolution
lamarck proposes that living things evolve and become more complex through time. -
cuvier see's catastrophies in fossil records
cuvier believes that great floods, earthquakes and other natural diasasters can be blamed for the extinction of some animals seen in fossils. -
Lyell describes immense age of earth
lyell proposes that the earth has evolved slowly through geogical events -
Beagle Voyage began
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Beagle Voyage end
dawrin's voyage ends. -
Darwins secret
Dawrin starts secret notre book that explains what he has noted from specimens collected on the beagle trip. -
anonymous pamphlet on evoulution strikes fury
a anonymous pamphlet strikes outrage with the theorys of evoulution written on it. -
Neanderthal
a fossil skull of a neanderthal is found in a german valley, a debate strikes if it is a direct desendant of adam and eve. -
Wallace provokes Charles darwin to publish
Wallace proposes the theory of natural selection, which darwin is shocked as because he has been researching it for 20 years. -
Flint Tools spark depate over human evolution
a debate is sparked after flint tools are found about the age of humans and the possibility that they could be tens of thousands to millions of years old. -
Origin of species
darwins book states how even domestic animals evovle through breeding, so animals in the wild would do the same -
Medel's breakthough go unnoticed
Mendals paper, an obsure Czech journel states how trates are passed down through breeding, he has evidence of this in seed colour -
evolution acceoted
only a phew years after the "origion of soecies" is published magazines and newspapers start to accept the concept. -
fabulous fossils
a field hunt is underway in North america in search for fantastic fossils. -
decent of man
Darwin's New book discusses the Human evoulution -
horse fosisls reveal a story of evolution
Charles Marsh recently discovered stunnings fossils of ancient horses. -
social darwanism
Herbet spencer proclaims a struggle in the the evidence of human evoulution. -
Radioactivity points to an ancient Earth
The discovery of Radioactivity leads to the stunning discovery of the earhs age. -
Mendel's laws of heredity rediscovered
an obscure work by a Moravian Monk becomes a stronghold in the emerging science of genetics. -
Is Piltdown Man a "missing link"
a fossil skull called piltdown man seems to be the link between humans and apes. -
Taungs "man-like ape" stirs fury
a "Man like ape" is pronounced "found" in a limestone quarry is Taungs in South Africa -
Scopes trial puts controversy on center stage
fight between the church and the theory of evoulution leads to court cases. -
Scopes trial becomes Scopes myth
a trial of the fight between religiona dn the theory of evoulution. -
Neo-Darwinism adds new facts to Darwin's theory
scientists now understand that there can be random gene mutation between breeding in parts of history -
DDT resistance is evidence of rapid evolution
a powerfull pestiside shows the effects that insects can create a resistance, and still live after being sprayed by the chemical. -
DNA puzzle solved
scientists discover that decades of genes determine the traits of living things.