History of Evolution By AngelaCerca Period: Mar 19, 1707 to Mar 19, 1778 Carolus Linnaeus Period: Mar 19, 1707 to Mar 19, 1788 Georges-Louis Leclerc Compte de Buffon Period: Mar 19, 1744 to Mar 19, 1829 Lamarck’s Theory of Evolution Period: Mar 19, 1769 to Mar 19, 1832 Georges Cuvier Period: Mar 19, 1809 to Mar 19, 1882 Charles Darwin Period: Mar 19, 1834 to Mar 19, 1914 F.L. August Weissmann Mar 19, 1940 Neo-Darwinism Mar 19, 1958 The Origin of Species