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Bishop Ussher
A passage from the bible provided Ussher with clues of numbers of human generation since Adam and Eva -
Spontaneous Generation
Elegant crafted microscopes were vital to scientific revolution of the 17th century -
Linnaeus
He attempts to classify all life on earth. He divides life into kingdoms. -
Comte de Bufon
He is the first one to define a species as a group of organisms that can interbreed with one another but not with members of other species. -
Natural theology
A diagram that details the eye and a part of a pocket clock. In both objects poley sees evidence of conscious design. -
Lamarck
He is the most renowned proponent of evolution in this era. -
Cuvier
He loathes the idea of evolution. He does a fossil record that helps fuel the rise of evolutionary science. -
Lyell
Darwin toke a copy of the “Principles of Geology” on his trip on the Beagle. Latter they become really good friends. -
Beagle Voyage
1831-1836 Darwin’s trip around the world in the beagle became the basis of his budding ideas about evolution -
Neanderthal
The unearthing fossil skull from Germany created a debate wether humans re the direct descendants from Adam an Eva. -
Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace, young british explorer. Wallace has a theory of how species might evolve. -
Origin of Species
Darwin´s book is the most influential. It offers a wealth of evidence and proposes a coherent theory for evolution. -
Ape Debate
Huxley depicts the exchange as a confrontation between social conservatives and advocates of scientific progress. But the issue of human evolution remain a stumbling block for Darwinism. -
Evolution Accepted
After few years of Darwin´s book was published, evolution is mainstream science and in magazines and newspapers even religious publications promote evolution. -
Descendant of man
Darwin´s new book also stresses the importance of sexual selection in driving the evolution of life. -
Horse Fossils
Huxley and Marsh piece together the story of the evolution of the modern horse from a four-toed ancestor. Horses are a sign of evolution. -
Darwin´s burial
Darwin died on 1882. Many people reconcile Darwin´s view of life on Earth with their religious faiths that evolution existed. -
Radioactivity
The discovery of radioactivity by physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel lead to stunning calculations of Earth´s age. -
Pilldown man
Is a fossil skull called Piltdown Man seems to be this link. The find at first bolsters the argument for human evolution. -
First anti evolution bill
In Oklahoma a ban is placed to teach the Materialist of Conception oh History. -
Man like ape
They discover a man like ape in a limestone quarry at South Africa. -
Textbook
Publishers remove references to evolution Biology textbooks. -
Anti-evolution bills
1925-1930- many areas in which fundamentalism old political sway have passed some restrictions. -
Tennessee law
Each time they teach any thing that denies the story of the Divine Creation, Backers of the bill argue -
Neo Darwinism
By the early 1940s the science of genetics has offered profound insights into evolution. -
Evolution Shunned
The teaching of evolution hits a low point and in the early 1900s teachers don't teach any more about evolution. -
Supreme court
1947- 948- It rules that neither the a state nor federal government can pass laws which aid one religion. -
Pope pios XII
The teaching of church leaves the doctrine of evolution an open question -
Origins of life
Stanley Miller produced amino acids and used inorganic chemicals to simulate the conditions of ancient Earth. -
DNA
Genes determine DNA, but it takes the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA to unlock the details. -
Human and Apes
The studying of DNA, scientist glimpse the evolution history of humans and apes. The man and his orangutan likely descended from a common ancestor less then 20 million years ago. -
Supreme Court on Evolution
Lawsuits begin challenging antievolutionist legislation on the South. -
DNA codes
The genetic blueprint for all living things. -
Textbook disclaimer
1994- 95- It is a requirement when evolution is taught to inform students that the material is not intended to dissuade the Biblical version of creation. -
Pop John Paul II
Opened the door for Catholic acceptance of evolution. -
Science Standards
Twelve states shun the word of “evolution”, and four avoid topic topics in evolution completely. -
Human Genome
Scientists see more than ever before how intimately related the human species is to other life on Earth.
