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Bishop Ussher
Using biblical chronology, he say the the creation of Heaven and Earth took place in 4004 B.C. This figure is then used for 200 years in English editions of the bible. Some biblical of the 20 century will use the similar methods to state the life first appeared on Earth less that 10,000 years ago. -
Spontaneous Generation
Whether life can arise from non-living matter now can be tackled in a new way. Francesco Redi for this occasion he show why fly maggots often crop up in rot meat. They are not the result of Spontaneous Generation but rather born from eggs to tiny for the naked eye to see. -
Linnaeus´s
Carl bon Linne attempts to classify all life in earth. His system divides life into different kingdoms, orders , and species. Linnaueus systems does not imply that different species are related through evolution. Eacj species is a distinct archetype and a reflection of God's intent. -
Comte de Buffon
Comte de Buffon speculates that living creatures involve according to natural laws. Buffon even dares suggest that humans and apes are related to each other and that life depends on a single ancestor. -
Natural Theology
Archdeacon William Paley´s natural theology holds that not only God existence but his attributes as well are manifest in the intricate forms of nature. Paley singles out the eye as an organ with much complexity that should have been designed by an intelligent designer. -
Lamarck
French naturalist Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck proposes that living things evolve to become more complex through time. He claims that “vital forces” within creatures help them adapt to environment. This are called acquired traits, which are then passed to future generations. -
Cuvier
Georges Cuvier tryes to explane that catastrofies had whiped out some life on the passt. -
Lyell
Charles Lyell helps further this idea by arguing that slow-moving, gradual processes explain Earth´s geology. Darwin will apply Lyell´s notion of gradual change to his theory of how species evolve. -
Beagle Voyage
1831-1836 lasted five years and was the voyage in which Charles Darwin went to Galpagus islands. -
Neanderthal
A fossil in Germany Neander Valley fuels a debate over whether all humans are direct descendants of Adam and Eve. The skull looked like a modern human, with small differences. Neanderthal fossils will later fuel the debate over human evolution. -
Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace provekes Darwin to publis his book "Origin of Spicies" -
Origin of Species
Darwin`s book is the most influential, it includes a wealth of evidence and proposes a coherent theory for evolution. “Just as domestic animals evolve through breeding or artificial selection, species in the world evolve by natural selection". -
Ape debate
Thomas Henry Huxley attacks Darwins theory for bestialaizing humankind. -
Evolution Accepted
Some of the prominent scientists continue to reject the idea of evolution, but only a few years after “On the Origin of Species” is publishes, evolution is mainstream science. -
Decedent of man
Darwin is now unabashedly and takes on human evolution. His new book also stresses the importance of “sexual selection” in driving evolution to life. -
Horse Fossils
Thomas Huxly travels to the U.S to meet with another scientist and show him a old horse fossil and they found a mutuation. -
Darwin´s burial
Darwin`s body is laid to rest in a place of honor, near the grave of Sir Isaac Newton. -
Radioactivity
Antonie Henry leads of stunning calculations of earths age. -
Pilldown man
Critics and proponents of evolution eagerly await the discover of a “missing link” between humans and other primates, the fossil skull called Pill down Man seems to be this links. In the 1920s a model of the skill is even brought to the Scopes trial. -
man like ape
Raymond Dart anounces that prehistoric "man like ape" found on limestone. -
Textbook
Publishers remove references to evolution from biology textbooks. The teaching of evolution is curbed around the country. -
Anti-evolution bills
1925-1930 Anti evolution bills are proposed on 20 states and 3 accept them. -
Tennessee bill
By an overwelming majority, the Tennesee Legislature passes a bill that makes it a misdemeanor for public school teacher teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as thaught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man had descended from a lowe order of animal. -
first anti evolution bill
1925-1930 Anti evolution bills are proposed on 20 states and 3 accept them. -
Neo Darwinism
By the early 1940s the science of genetics has offered profound new insights into evolution. -
Evolution Shunned
New textbooks without noting of evolution with them and at high schools they were not teach of anything. -
Pope pios XII
Pope considers that evolution is a hypothesis worth to study. -
origins of life
With electricity currents to act as lightning and a soup of inorganic chemicals to simulate the conditions of ancient Earth, a young graduate student named Stanley Miller produces amino acids which are key chemical building blocks of life. -
DNA
It takes discovery of a doble-helix lader structure of DNA to unloch the details ef genes traits. -
Human and Apes
Breakthroughs in genetic science allow researchers to see striking similarities in the DNA blueprints for humans and apes. -
Supreme court
In the wake of the Sputnik-era push for better science education, lawsuits begin challenging antievolutionist legislation in the South. -
Supreme Court on Evolution
Teachers put an end to anti evolution law. -
DNA codes
Reading DNA was hard and time consuming before,now with new technology, it is easy to read blueprints! This has made it easier and simpler for scientist to research how various animals have evolved over time. -
Textbook disclaimer
Since new textbooks with evolution on it were given to students, they are forced to give the message that this should not influence on ther religion belive. -
Pope John Paul II
After Prius XII accepted the theory of evolution, Pope John Paul II took it to a completely different level. He mentioned: “it is indeed remarkable”, as well as, all of different thing of nature coming together was a great argument in favor of the theory. -
Science Standards
A nationwide study sponsored by The Fordham Foundation laments that 19 U.S states do “a weal-to-reprehensible job of handling evolution in their science standards.” -
Human Genome
Scientist se how humas are so much alike with other species.