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Timeline
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Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus created taxonomy. -
Gradualism
James Hutton came up with Gradualism and uniformitarianism -
Catastrophism
Georges Cuvier came up with this term in his essay and paleontology -
Essay on the Principles of Population
Malthus published this essay. -
Philosophie zoologique
Jean B. Lamarck published his idea of evolution. Acquired traits and idea of use and disuse. -
Principles of Geology
Charles Lyllel published his first book of three in which he talked about uniformitarianism and catastrophism. -
HMS Beagle
Darwin travels around the world -
Origin Of Speies
Darwin begins to write his book -
Natural selection
Wallace sends his theory about natural selection to Darwin -
The Origin of Species is published
Darwin published his book -
Inheritance
Gregor Mendel publishes his papers on inheritance -
Continental Drift
Alfred Wegener thought about the idea of continental drift, plate tectonics and Pangea