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Greek philosopher, who studied marine animals and developed a model of evolution
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Aristotle links all species in a chain starting with t base of plants moving up to all the way to humans.
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Came up with the Theory of Uniformitarianism. He said that natural forces now changing the shape of earth's surface. In different words, the present is the key to understanding the past.
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John Ray an English naturalist, places humans in the same category as primates.
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Immanuel Kant was born
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the birth of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck on Aug. 1 1744
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Benoit de Maillet taught that fish were the forefathers of birds, mammals and men.
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Said that a new species may result from the fortuitous recombining of different parts of living beings.
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Theory of population growth was in the end what inspired Darwin to develop the theory of natural selection.
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George Cuvier was largely responsible for making biology a distinct branch of science.
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In 1774, Buffon speculated that the Earth must be at least 75,000 years old.
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Carolus Linnaeus dies
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Was born on 1703 May 23 in Smaland.
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Thomas Malthus publishes his book on the Pincipal of Population.
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The theory stated that an organism could pass on to its offspring any characteristics it had acquired in its lifetime.
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Alfred Wallace was born
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Three volume book written by Charles Lyell.
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They released a joint scientific paper which introduced the concept of evolution by means of natural selection.
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Alfred Wallace dies