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Lamark supported a theory of evolution that included the idea that traits could be acquired and then passed along to offspring(hereditary).
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After Darwin’s interview with Captain Fitzroy, he was given permission to become the naturalist of the HMS Eagle. On December 27, Darwin left England while aboard the Eagle.
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Ernst Haeckel was a zoologist that was born in Germany. His work on evolution influenced and inspired many of the Nazi’s racist theories.
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Charles Darwin enters the Galapagos Islands where he studies various animals to further develop his theory of natural selection.
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Alfred Russel Wallace created a monograph that summarized all of Darwin’s ideas on evolution. This inspired Darwin to write and publish his book called The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection which included the information and theories he learned from the Galapagos Island. 1250 copies were sold in the first day.
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Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce of the Church of England had a famous debate on Darwin’s theories on evolution.
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The book written by Charles Darwin called The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection went into its second edition. It sold 3,000 copies and taught many more about evolution and natural selection.
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Charles Darwin published Life of Erasmus Darwin, a book about his grandfather.
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Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed a law that would ban public schools from teaching about evolution. This would lead to the famous Scopes Monkey Trial as John Scopes had broken the law.
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In Dayton, Tennessee, the famous Scopes Monkey Trial began. This was due to the fact that John Scopes had broken the prohibition on teaching evolution in public schools.
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Pope Pius XII created the encyclical Humani Generis which spoke against any evolutionary theories that may have threatened the Roman Catholic faith. However, it allowed any evolutionary theories that did not go against Christianity.
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The Supreme Court ruled Arkansas’s law that prohibited the teaching of evolution as unconstitutional. Their reason was that Arkansas created the law based on a literal reading of Genesis and not science.
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Arkansas’ law that required equal treatment of creation science with evolution was deemed unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana's “Creationism Act” due to its violation of the Establishment Clause.
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruler that school boards would now have the right to ban the teaching or creationism. This was due to the fact that lessons dealing with creationism would advocate for religion.