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