Biotechnology - HSA 1 History Timeline Project

  • 4000 BCE

    Egypt

    used yeast to make bread
  • 250 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    practice crop rotation for maximum soil fertility
  • 100

    First insecticide produced in china from powdered chrysanthemums

  • 1300

    Renaissance

    while the Renaissance was occurring in Europe, Aztecs used algae to make cakes
  • 17th Century

    Antone van Leeuwenhoek discovered an described bacteria and protozoa
  • 18th Century

    Edward Jenner makes First vaccine for smallpox
  • 1994

    The first commercial use of GMO with Calgenes unsuccessful flavr savr delayed ripening tomatoes