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Period: Jan 1, 1100 to
Pre Darwin
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John Ray
Concept of species and genius was applied by John Ray.He was the first one to use the term Homo spaiens to describe human beings -
Robert Hooke
Coined the term cells. Concluded that fossils were the remains of past living organisms. -
James Ussher
James Ussher supported creationism. He added biblicle documents and dates to infer that the earth was created on October 23, 4004 B.C. -
Immanuel Kant
Devloped a concept of descent. Kant realized that similarities in organisms may have meant thuat they came from a similar ancestor. -
Carolus Linnaeus
Published his book, "Systema Naturae" which gave a way to classify all organisms. (which is still in use).He believed there was a certain order which was controlled by god. -
William Paley
Paley believed that everything was created and run by god. He disregarded evolution based on his beliefs. -
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Lamarck believed that organisms wanted to adapt to their enviornment. Also that the disuse of parts would change their size or shape. -
Comte de Buffon
Buffon devloped the definition of a modern day species. He thought that all organisms were created by god and arranged in a hierarchy with mankind at the top of creation. -
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
Pierre wrote of modifications and adapataions accumiliating over many generations. Thus slowly accumliating adaptations and making the species better making it easier for it to survive. -
Charles Bonnet
Charles Bonnet used the term of "evolution" to describe his theory of pre formation. The theory stated that all females carried a small form of a future generation. -
Hutton's works
Theory of Earth was published. -
Pattrick Matthew
Devloped a theory of natural selection almost 30 years prior to Darwin's. Said to be the first thinker of natural selection. -
Hutton's works
Dissertations on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy, Was published, in which he discussed the nature of matter, fluidity, cohesion, light, heat and electricity. -
Georges Culiver
Cuiver published his findings on the differences of living elephants to those he found in the fossil record. Finding many, he inferred that they were very different than present day. -
Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin published "Zoonomia" which suggested that "all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament" -
Lamarck
Philosophie zoologique was published by Lamarck stating his theories of evolution. -
Lamarck's book
Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres was published as the first edition to his series the second was published in 1822 -
Charles Lyell
Lyelle wrote a 3 volume series, Principles of Geology (1830-1833), Lyell inferred the fact that the earth must be very old and that it has been gone through the same sort of natural processes in the past that still happen today shape the land. -
James Hutton
Said that the key to understanding the future was to look at the past. Darwin was influenced by his biological findings and works. -
Lyell's works
Lyelle published his first volume of The Principles of Geology.
