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Evolution
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Bioshop Ussher
Using bibilical chronologly, James Ussher calculates the creation of earth and heaven. This figure was use for 200 more years. -
Spontaneous Generation
New instrument of magnification are fueling the scientific reserch. -
Comte de Bufon
Comte de Buffon speculates that living creatures evolve according to natural laws. He also suggest that all humans and apes are related, and that life has descended from a single ancestor. -
Natural theology
William Paley's Natural Theology says that theres no only God's existence but also his attributes are manigestants in the intricate forms of nature. -
Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste de Lanmarck proposes that living things evolve to become more complex through time. -
Cuvier
The french naturalist Georges Curvier try's to explain the construction of canals and mines in the early 18th century unearths fossil and extinct creatures. -
Lyell
Charles Lyell, helps further the idea of life spanding vast ages. He also describes the immense age of earth and becomes mentor of Charles Darwin. -
Beagle Voyage
The beagle voyage transforms Charles Darwin, at the end of the voyage he has changed, and he is now committed to a life in science and discovering nature¡s laws. -
Neanderthal
The found of a fossil skull in Germany, was a full debate over whether all humans are descendants of Adam and Eve or not. The Neandethal man was the result of a separate act of human evolution -
Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace, the young british explorer. Wallace has a theory of how species might evolve. -
Origin of Species
Darwin´s book is the most influential. It is made of 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. -
Descent of man
The book that Darwin made, was also stresses the importance of sexual selection in driving the evolution of life. -
Horse Fossils
Marsh and Huxley got together the story of the evolution of the modern horse from a four-toed ancestor. Theyalso predicted that more ancient, five toed animal likely existed, and months later, of such a new animal was discovered. -
Darwin’s burial
Darwin died, and his body is laid to rest in a place of honor. Many people reconcile Darwin´s view of life on Earth with their religious faiths that evolution existed. -
Radio Activity
The discovery of radioactivity by physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel lead to stunning calculations of Earth´s age. -
Piltdown man
Many proponents eagerly await the discovery of a “missing link” between humans and other primates. -
The First Anti-evolution bill
In Oklahoma a ban is placed to teach the Materialist of Conception oh History. -
Man like ape
A man was discover ike ape in a limestone quarry at South Africa. -
Textbooks
The Publishers finally removed the references to evolution in Biology textbooks. -
Tennessee law
Each time they teach any thing that denies the story of the Divine Creation, Backers of the bill argue. -
Anti-evolution bills
Many areas in which fundamentalism old political sway have passed some restrictions. -
Neo Darwinism
In 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
The supreme court rules that neither the a state nor federal government can pass laws which aid one religion. -
Pope pios XII
The Pope Pios was the main leader that takes the Catholics to accept even human evolution. -
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
Its the breakthroughs in genetic science allow researchers to see the similarities in the DNA of humans and apes. -
Supreme Court on Evolution
Lawsuits begin challenging antievolutionist legislation on the South. -
DNA codes
DNA codes are the most important, they are the genetic blueprint for all living things. -
Textbook disclaimer
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
He made the move for Catholic acceptance of evolution. -
Science Standards
Twelve states shun the word of “evolution”, and four avoid topic topics in evolution completely. -
Human Genome
The scientists see more than ever before how intimately related the human species is to other life on Earth.
