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Lamark's Life
Lamark made the theory of evolution that said the idea that traits could be acquired and then passed along to offspring. -
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Darwin's first interview.
Darwin had his first interview with Fitzroy to be the ship's naturalist, but almost was rejected because of the shape of his nose. -
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Charles Darwins set sails
Charles Darwin finally sets abroad on The Beagle from England to begin his works as a naturalist. -
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Charles Darwin reaches Galopagos islands
Charles finally reaches Galapagos islands and starts his research on finches and evoluiton -
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Darwin's monograph
Darwin receives a monograph from Alfred Russel Wallace that summarized his summarizes Darwin's theory on evolution that allows him to publish his works sooner -
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Darwin's work is published
Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was first published, and there were 1,250 sold the first day. -
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Huxley and Wilberforce's debate
Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce of the Church of England engaged in their famous debate on Darwin's theory of evolution. -
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Death of Ernest Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel died in Jena, Germany. Haeckel was an influential zoologist whose work on evolution served to inspire some of the racist theories of the Nazis. -
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Evolution trial
Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed law stating the probation of the teaching of evolution in schools. -
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Infamous Scopes Monkey Trail
John Scopes challenged Tennessee law and tried getting the teaching of evolution back to schools. -
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Evolution & religion
"Pope Pius XII issued the encyclical Humani Generis, condemning ideologies which threatened Roman Catholic faith but allowing that evolution did not necessarily conflict with Christianity." -
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Epperson v. Arkansas
Supreme court deemed that Arkansas banning the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional. -
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McClean v. Arkansas
"A federal judge found that Arkansas' "balanced treatment" law mandating equal treatment of creation science with evolution was unconstitutional." -
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Edwards v. Aguillard
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana's "Creationism Act" because it violated the Establishment Clause. -
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Webster v. New Lenox
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that schools are allowed to not teach about creationism if it goes against religion.