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350
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher that sdeveloped the model of evolution. -
500
Xenophanes
Xenophanes studied fossils and put forth the theory of evolution. -
520
Anaximander
Anaximander was a Greek philosopher who introduced evolution in a writing called On Nature. -
Jan 1, 1260
Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas believed that living things could form from non-living things and plants. -
Jan 1, 1581
James Usher
Usher was a 17th century archbishop. By counting the generations of the bible and adding them to modern history, Usher fixed the date of creation to be October 23rd 4004 B.C. -
John Ray
The concept of genus and species was developed by John Ray, an English Naturalist. -
James Hutton
On June 3rd 1726 Hutton proposed the idea that the natural force are currently changing the Earths surface. -
Carolus Linnaeus
In 1735 Carolus Linnaeus published his book Systema Naturae. This book talked about Plants and Animals being the basis of physical appearance and method of reproduction. -
Histoire Naturelle
Comte de Buffon published a 44 volume book series called Historie Naturelle. He did this so he could hide his radical ideas. By doing this he avoided criticism from the public. -
Charles Bonnet
Bonnet is a Swiss naturalist that in his book Philosophical Palingesis stated that females of each organism contain the next generation. -
Comte de Buffon
European Scientis Comte de Buffon said that living things do change in time. He also said that the Earth must be at least 75,000 years old. -
Immanuel Kant
A German philosopher who developed a concept of descent that is close to modern thinking, in a way he anticipated Darwins thinking. -
Erasmus Darwin
The Grandfather of Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin published his book called Zoonomia in 1794. This book talked about evolution in living things. -
Thomas Malthus Essay On Population
Thomas Malthu's essay on population is about the belief that natural rates of human reproduction, when unchecked, would lead to geometric increases in population. -
George Cuiver
French naturalist Georges Cuvier said that history was punctuated by epochs of life -
Jean-Babtise Lamarck
In 1809 Lamarck published his book titled Philosophie Zoologique. In this book he stated the idea of inheritance of aquired characteristics. -
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus developed the theory of population of growth, which is what inspired Charles Darwin. -
Charles Lyell
In 1830 Charles Lyell publishe his book titled Principles of Geology. In this book Lyell said that the Earth must be very old and that it has been subject to the same natural process in the past that happen today in shaping the land. -
Patrick Fairbairn
Patrick Fairbairn published his book the Typology of Scripture in 1845. In this book it stated that the Old Teastament presented the history of a continuing evolving religon and that the days of creation could have been some time equivalent to entire eons millions of years ago. -
Alfred Russel Wallace
Wallace along with Darwin developed the theory of Natural Selection. However Wallace published his ideas before Darwin.
