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John Ray, an English naturalist, places humans in the same category as primates, which suggested that people were related to primates.
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John Ray's book, Historia Plantarum, described many species of plants and talked about common ancestors
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Carolus Linnaeus was born on May 23, 1707. He later became a Swedish scientist who contributed to evolution theories.
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Carolus Linnaeus, a biological scientist, published his book, Systema Naturae, which talked about how there were physical similarities between living things.
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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, a French mathematician and astronomer, theorized in his book, Systeme de la Nature, on how species came about
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Charles Bonnet, a Swiss naturalist, first used embryological development towards the development of species.
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Comte de Buffon, a French naturalist, suggested that humans and apes are related
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was born. He became a French naturalist who added to the theory of evolution.
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Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin's grandfather, published his book, Zoonomia, which supported common ancestors.
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Georges Cuvier, a French naturalist and zoologist, ended the debate as to whether or not species could become extinct.
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Thomas Malthus, an English scholar, publishes his book, Essay on the Principle of Population, where he talks about population's effect on the world.
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Charles Lyell was born on November 14, 1797. He later became a geologist.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck believed that the giraffes necks got longer by stretching.
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William Paley, a British philosopher, wrote Natural Philosophy. It used the watchmaker analogy.
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Robert Chambers was born on July 10, 1802. He later became a publisher and his writings supported evolution.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published his book, Philosophie Zoology, which talked about spontaneous generation
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's theory was Transmutation of Species which described the changing of one species into another.
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Charles Lyell, a British geologist, published his book, the Principles of Geology. He later influenced evolutionary thinkers.
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Robert Chambers, a Scottish publisher, anonymously published his book, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. The book supported evolution.
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Charles Lyell wrote the Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, which dealt with the age of the human race, ice ages, and evolution/natural selection.
