Charles darwin aged 51

Evolution Timeline

By tyleraustinzach

  • Linnaeus (evolution) (influential)

    He attempted to classify all life into the classes, orders, genera, and species.
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    History of Evolution theories and ideas

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    Events in World History

  • Comte De Buffon (evolution) (influential)

    Speculated that all living things evolve according to natural laws.

  • The American Revolutionary War begins (world history)

  • The American Revolutionary War ends (world history)

  • United States Constitution is written (world histiory)

  • George Washington is elected President of the United States (world history)

  • Zoonomia (evolution) (influential)

    This is a book written by Charles Darwin's grandfather. It explores evolution in great detail.

  • Napoleon is crowned as Emperor of France (world history)

  • Lamarck (evolution)

    Proposed that all living things to become more complex over time. wrote "Philosophic Zoologique".

  • War of 1812 begins (world history)

  • Napoleon is beaten and exiled to St.Helena (world history)

  • War of 1812 ends (world history)

  • Cuvier (evolution)

    Attempts to explane how catastrophic events wiped out many life forms billions of years ago.

  • Monroe Doctrine is signed (world history)

  • Lyell

    Charles Lyell publishes a multi-volume book called "Principles of Geology". It argues that the earth was formed from slow and gradual forces.

  • Beagle Voyage (evolution)

    The journey that changed Charles Darwin from a clergyman to a man devoted to science.

  • Lord Kelvin (evolution) (influential)

    He said the world is 100 million years old but after discovering a fossil from sika, he says that the world is anywhere between 20 to 400 million years old.

  • The Mexican-American War begins (world history)

  • California gold rush (world history)

  • The Mexican-American War ends (world history)

  • Wallace (evolution) (influential)

    Discoverd the theory of natural selection

  • Origin of species (evolution)

    The most influential book of evolution. Written by charles darwin. Explans how domestic animals evolve through time.

  • American Civil War begins (world history)

  • Mendel (evolution)

    Mendel publishes a paper on how traits are inherited through generations. He shows how many traits are passes down in pairs of discreate units.

  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated (world history)

  • The American Civil War ends (world history)

  • Descent of Man (evolution)

    To pass traits to future generations, people must not only be fit to surivive, but also must be irrisistable to the opposite sex.

  • Horse Fossils (evolution) (influential)

    Thomas Huyley and Charles Marsh piece together the evolution of horses using fossils.

  • Radioactivity (evolution) (influential)

    Becaverel uses radioactivity to date the Earth back to 4.3 billion old.

  • Spanish-American War begins (world history)

  • The Spanish-American War (world history)

  • World War I begins (world history)

  • World War I ends (world history)

  • World War II begins (world history)

  • NeoDarwinism (evolution)

    Scientists have new interest in Genetics, uncovering nrw facts in Darwins theory's.

  • The Cold War begins (world history)

  • DDT (evolution)

    A potent incestiside that is used to kill mosquitos, but some mosquitos who were mutanted are immune to it and grow an immunity to it. This makes this insectiside useless.

  • DNA (evolution)

    Discovery of the double helix bond helps us and scientists better understand how cells function and how they reproduce.

  • Humans and Apes (evolution)

    DNA codes further prove that humans and apes are indeed very similar to each other.

  • United States Lunar landing (world history)

  • Commodore PET is released (world history)

    Is the first full featured personal computer developed by Commodore.

  • DNA Codes (evolution)

    Text made up of chemical letters.

  • Human Genome (evolution)

    Shows how closely related humans are with other species or animals in the world. Noticable is that we are 98% similiar to Chimpeezees.

  • 9/11 Happens