History of Evolution

  • Bishop Usser

    Bishop Usser

    He told that earth was 4004 B.C old
  • Spontaineus Generation

    Spontaineus Generation

    When lemunhook invented the microscope magnifyng glass the science fueld and Francesco Redi showed that flyng maggots often crop up in putrified meat they are to small to see with naked eye but not a result of spontaineus generation
  • Linnaeus

    Linnaeus

    A Scientiest who helpd the rise of evolution and a naturalist he helps to the harmony of religion and science
  • Comte de Buffon

    Comte de Buffon

    Is one of the first persons who say that we came from ancestors that were not always humans
  • Natural Theology

    Natural Theology

    Natural theology talks about god existance and his atributes of making the world and taken it with a comparison with the designer of the pocket watch.
  • Lamarck

    Lamarck

    Lamarck is the one that told that traits were passed from generations.(adaptation)
  • Cuvier

    Cuvier

    He argues that modern creatures are far too complex to have evolved naturally, and insists that life "stood still" between catastrophes
  • Lyell

    Lyell

    Lyell describes immense age of Earth
  • Beagle Voyage

    Beagle Voyage

    Beagle voyage transforms Darwin.
  • Neanderthal

    Neanderthal

    a debate over whether all humans are the direct descendants of Adam and Eve. The skull looks much like a modern human
  • Wallace

    Wallace

    Wallace provokes Darwin to publish. Wallace has struck upon the theory of natural selection that Darwin has been researching for 20 years.
  • Origin of Species

    Origin of Species

    While far from the first work on evolution, Darwin's book (more fully entitled On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection) is the most influential.
  • Ape debate

    Ape debate

    Darwin's foes protest ape-man connection. While On the Origin of Species does not address human evolution.
  • Evolution Accepted

    Evolution Accepted

    Evolution accepted. Some prominent scientists continue to reject the idea of evolution.
  • Decendent of Man

    Decendent of Man

    Darwin explores The Descent of Man.
  • Horse Fossils

    Horse Fossils

    Horse fossils reveal a story of evolution.
  • Darwins Burial

    Darwins Burial

    Darwin's body is laid to rest in a place of honor, near the grave of Sir Isaac Newton.
  • Radioactivity

    Radioactivity

    leads to stunning calculations of Earth's age. Failure to understand radioactivity within Earth threw off earlier calculations. With a new understanding of radioactivity, rock-dating techniques show that Earth is more than 4.3 billion years old
  • Pilldown man

    Pilldown man

    The fossil skull called Piltdown Man seems to be this link.
  • First anti evolution bill

    First anti evolution bill

    First anti-evolution bills passed.
  • Man like apes

    Man like apes

    The fossils are found along with the skull of an ancient baboon that has a mysterious opening. Dart speculates that the clever "man-like ape" killed the baboon and extracted its brain for food.
  • Textbooks

    Textbooks

    Tennessee law bans teaching human evolution.
  • Tenessee Bill

    Tenessee Bill

    Tennessee law bans teaching human evolution.
  • anti evolution bills

    anti evolution bills

    Anti-evolution bills spread. In the years following the Scopes trial, some 35 new anti-evolution bills are proposed in 20 states,
  • Neo darwinism

    Neo darwinism

    By the early 1940s, the science of genetics has offered profound new insights into evolution.
  • Evolution shunned

    Evolution shunned

    Evolution shunned in U.S. schools. With textbooks effectively censored by commercial concerns and many anti-evolutionist rulings and regulations in place.
  • Supreme court

    Supreme court

    Supreme Court bans religion in public schools.