Evolution

  • Bishop Ussher pinpoints Creation at 4004 B.C. (c. 1650)

    Bishop Ussher pinpoints Creation at 4004 B.C. (c. 1650)
    Bishop Ussher thought that the creation of everything on earth and earth was created on 4004 B.C. Bibliccal literatist also said more less the same that earth was created 10,000 years ago.
  • "spontaneous generation" (c. 1660)

    "spontaneous generation" (c. 1660)
    They invented a magnifieng instrument that lead us to the discover of other organisms etc.
  • Linnaeus's Systema Naturae charts life (c. 1735)

      Linnaeus's Systema Naturae  charts life (c. 1735)
    he divided the animal into kindoms species etc. Unlike Darwin with evolution he said that species were distint and that god made them like that.
  • Comte de Buffon proposes radical ideas (c. 1749)

    Comte de Buffon proposes radical ideas (c. 1749)
    sugest that humas are related to apes and that we all come from the same ancestor.
  • Natural Theology views God through nature (1802)

     Natural Theology views God through nature (1802)
    William paley natural theology is not only about god existance but also of the contibution of him to do life. Also later on Darwin studies that.
  • Lamarck champions evolution (c. 1809)

    Lamarck champions evolution (c. 1809)
    French naturalist Lamark proposes that organism evolve through a long period of time to a more complex organism.
  • Cuvier sees catastrophes in fossil record (c. 1817)

    Cuvier sees catastrophes in fossil record (c. 1817)
    George cuvier is a french natualist that said that life now is way to complex to ave evolve natuarally.
  • Lyell describes immense age of Earth (c. 1830)

    Lyell describes immense age of Earth (c. 1830)
    Lyell takes further his idea slow moving, gradual process of earths geology.
  • Beagle voyage transforms Darwin (1831-1836)

    Beagle voyage transforms Darwin (1831-1836)
    a trip that charles darwin went around the world to investigate nature.
  • Was Neanderthal Man a son of Adam? (1856)

    Was Neanderthal Man a son of Adam? (1856)
    they thought that the neanderthal man was a like a decendent of adam and eve.
  • Wallace provokes Darwin to publish (1858)

    Wallace provokes Darwin to publish (1858)
    Wallace said to Darwin that he thought evolution was from natural selection. Without that Darwin might never publish his book.
  • On the Origin of Species spurs a revolution (1859)

    On the Origin of Species spurs a revolution (1859)
    book of Darwin's book was really influential and that domestic animal are evolved by artificial selectioninstead of natural selection.
  • Darwin's foes protest ape-man connection (1860)

    Darwin's foes protest ape-man connection (1860)
    Thomas and other people said that humans did not evolve.
  • Evolution accepted (c. 1865)

    Evolution accepted (c. 1865)
    evry one started accepting evolution which Darwin propose that is by natural selection.
  • Darwin explores The Descent of Man (1871)

    Darwin explores The Descent of Man (1871)
    Darwin says that also their is something called sexual selcetion. That means that parents pass their trats to their son.
  • Horse fossils reveal a story of evolution (c. 1876)

    Horse fossils reveal a story of evolution (c. 1876)
    Huxley dicovered a hourse fossil and that helped him to know how hourse feet changed.
  • Darwin buried in Westminster Abbey (1882)

    Darwin buried in Westminster Abbey (1882)
    They burried Darwin with a great honor because they put him near Issac Newton. Also Angelican church accepted evolution.
  • Radioactivity points to an ancient Earth (c. 1896)

     Radioactivity points to an ancient Earth (c. 1896)
    Antonie Henri discovered the radioctivity of rocks and calculated that earth had more than 4.3 billion years old.
  • Is Piltdown Man a "missing link"? (1912)

    Is Piltdown Man a "missing link"? (1912)
    They now say that we humans are linked with pimapes. With this discovery called the piltdown man that shows how that skull conects us.
  • First anti-evolution bills passed (1923)

    People argue of anti evolution school so Darwinism was not allowed so Oklahoma was one of the first to say yes and ban them.
  • Taungs "man-like ape" stirs fury (1925)

    Taungs "man-like ape" stirs fury (1925)
    Raymond Dart found a baboon in South Africa that looked pretty similar to humans.
  • Biology textbooks censored (c. 1925)

    publishers removed evolution from biology textbooks.
  • Anti-evolution bills spread (1925 -1930)

    in some places they restricted to teach about evolution.
  • Tennessee law bans teaching human evolution (spring 1925)

    Tennessee law bans teaching human evolution (spring 1925)
    tennessee voted to see if evolution was going to be allowed or not to teach and they pass it so evolution was banned.
  • Neo-Darwinism adds new facts to Darwin's theory (c. 1940)

    cientist now understand that trtaits are passed to the babies and that natural selection was true. This was a mix of darwins theory and new genetics.
  • Evolution shunned in U.S. schools (c. 1942)

    sientist estimated that less than half the teacher in high schols were teaching anything of evolution.
  • Supreme Court bans religion in public schools (1947-48)

    Supreme Court bans religion in public schools (1947-48)
    The supreme court banned that schools prefered only one religion.
  • Pope Pius XII sees way to accept evolution (1950)

    Pope Pius XII sees way to accept evolution (1950)
    This Pope Pius made that people acepted evolution and he said that the body was created by matter and that the soul was from god.
  • Can origins of life be glimpsed in a lab? (1953)

    Stanly Miller a recently graduated student pruduced amino acids (which form DNA).
  • DNA puzzle solved (1953)

    DNA puzzle solved (1953)
    sientist discover how was DNA and details of what does it have inside.
  • A new view of humans and apes (c. 1967)

    A new view of humans and apes (c. 1967)
    sience allowed sientist to research about human and apes similartity and they discovered on 1971 that we had more than 98% of the same genes.
  • Supreme Court strikes law against evolution (1968)

    Supreme Court strikes law against evolution (1968)
    Now they allowed sientist to research on evolutiion
  • DNA codes offer new evidence of evolution (c. 1990)

    DNA codes offer new evidence of evolution (c. 1990)
    With new technology sientist now can easely research about DNA and now they know the molecular level and how DNA changes in different living organisms.
  • Do textbook disclaimers taint evolution? (1994-95)

    Do textbook disclaimers taint evolution? (1994-95)
    Now when evolution is taought students must be informed that this doesn't have influence on biblical divine creation.
  • Pope John Paul II endorses evolution (1996)

    he opened catholisism door to evolution.
  • Science standards called "reprehensible" (2000)

    even do sience teacher were allowed to teach evolution they have to be responsable that most American believe on god.
  • Human genome reveals human evolution (2001)

    Sientist now completly believe on evolution because other organisms are similar to use like fruit flies etc.