Theory of Evolution Timeline

Jan 1, 1788

James Hutton develops The Theory of Earth, and that if the Earth changes, its inhabitants need to also.
Jan 1, 1798

Thomas Malthus writes an essay on his hypothesis about evolution, explaining how populations produce more total offspring than the population, and this led to inspire Darwin for some of his ideas for evolution.
Jan 1, 1800

Jean-Babtiste Lamarck gives a lecture on evolution, explaing his ideas and theories.
Jan 1, 1801

Jean-Babtiste Lamarck publishes a major work on classifying invertebrates and their ties with evolution.
Jan 1, 1802

Jean-Babtiste Lamarck coins the terms "invertebrates," meaning an animal that does not possess or develop vertebra to form a spine and "biology," which is a field of the sciences studying life.
Oct 21, 1826

Charles Darwin meets Dr. Robert Grant, and they study marine life together, introducing Darwin to adaptation and evolution.
Jan 1, 1827

1827-1866: Charles Lyle explains that if Earth can change, than anything can change (adaptation). Also, he was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, earned multiple medals, writes two books, and becomes a geologist
Jan 1, 1838

Charles Darwin develops the theory of Natural Selection
Jan 1, 1848

Alfred Wallace travels to the Amazon to begin his studies.
Jan 1, 1853

Alfred Wallace publishes a book on his studies anout evolution and adaptaion.
Jan 1, 1856

Charles Darwin writes and publishes a book titled "The Origin of Species." It talks about his theories about evolution of different organisms and how we came to be.
Jan 1, 1858

Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace work together sharing ideas about evolution and adaptation, creating more theories and hypotheses.
Jan 1, 1871

Charles Darwin writes and publishes his second book titled "The Decent of Man," explaining that famous picture we always see when we think of evolution (from cell to tadpolish to fish to lizard, etc.)
Apr 23, 2015

1. Alfred Wallace was thought to have the most influence on Darwin's theory, amd I agree. Considering they worked side by side for a while, debating ideas and researching together, Alfred Wallace pitched ideas to Charles Darwin and he built off of them.
Apr 23, 2015

adaptaion, showing that an organism must adapt to its environment to survive, like the giraffe did to get food.
Apr 23, 2015

2. Alfred Wallace, in my opinion, had similar ideas and worked around the same time as Charles Darwin. That is part of the reason how they began working together.
Apr 23, 2015

4. Darwin would most likely say we did not physically evolve a lot, if at all, but definitely he would say we became smarter, more innovative, and evolved mentally. Considering when he was around, if you wanted to get somewhere, you needed either a horse
Apr 23, 2015

intelligence. Darwin would not see our bodies evolving drastically, but intellectually, he would be amazed.
Apr 23, 2015

or a boat, now you can go anywhere in a matter of hours by plane or car. He would be astonished by the evolution of technology, also considering the invention of robots and machines in the assembly line. If he were to decide which traits are more
Apr 23, 2015

favorable, I think he would say mental, considering brains trump all. Because you can out gun someone, but the smart guy can think of a way out. Also considering, to you think Steve Jobs or Donald Trump are jocks? No; they are successful due to their
Apr 23, 2015

2. One of Lamark's ideas was if an animal wanted to "grow" or do something, it would. For instance a giraffe needs a long neck to reach food on trees. So, if it wants a long neck, it eventually, it might "get one." This could have led to Darwin's idea of

James Hutton develops The Theory of Earth, and that if the Earth changes, its inhabitants need to also.

Thomas Malthus writes an essay on his hypothesis about evolution, explaining how populations produce more total offspring than the population, and this led to inspire Darwin for some of his ideas for evolution.

Jean-Babtiste Lamarck gives a lecture on evolution, explaing his ideas and theories.

Jean-Babtiste Lamarck publishes a major work on classifying invertebrates and their ties with evolution.

Jean-Babtiste Lamarck coins the terms "invertebrates," meaning an animal that does not possess or develop vertebra to form a spine and "biology," which is a field of the sciences studying life.

Charles Darwin meets Dr. Robert Grant, and they study marine life together, introducing Darwin to adaptation and evolution.

1827-1866: Charles Lyle explains that if Earth can change, than anything can change (adaptation). Also, he was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, earned multiple medals, writes two books, and becomes a geologist

Charles Darwin develops the theory of Natural Selection

Alfred Wallace travels to the Amazon to begin his studies.

Alfred Wallace publishes a book on his studies anout evolution and adaptaion.

Charles Darwin writes and publishes a book titled "The Origin of Species." It talks about his theories about evolution of different organisms and how we came to be.

Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace work together sharing ideas about evolution and adaptation, creating more theories and hypotheses.

Charles Darwin writes and publishes his second book titled "The Decent of Man," explaining that famous picture we always see when we think of evolution (from cell to tadpolish to fish to lizard, etc.)

1. Alfred Wallace was thought to have the most influence on Darwin's theory, amd I agree. Considering they worked side by side for a while, debating ideas and researching together, Alfred Wallace pitched ideas to Charles Darwin and he built off of them.

adaptaion, showing that an organism must adapt to its environment to survive, like the giraffe did to get food.

2. Alfred Wallace, in my opinion, had similar ideas and worked around the same time as Charles Darwin. That is part of the reason how they began working together.

4. Darwin would most likely say we did not physically evolve a lot, if at all, but definitely he would say we became smarter, more innovative, and evolved mentally. Considering when he was around, if you wanted to get somewhere, you needed either a horse

intelligence. Darwin would not see our bodies evolving drastically, but intellectually, he would be amazed.

or a boat, now you can go anywhere in a matter of hours by plane or car. He would be astonished by the evolution of technology, also considering the invention of robots and machines in the assembly line. If he were to decide which traits are more

favorable, I think he would say mental, considering brains trump all. Because you can out gun someone, but the smart guy can think of a way out. Also considering, to you think Steve Jobs or Donald Trump are jocks? No; they are successful due to their

2. One of Lamark's ideas was if an animal wanted to "grow" or do something, it would. For instance a giraffe needs a long neck to reach food on trees. So, if it wants a long neck, it eventually, it might "get one." This could have led to Darwin's idea of