1796 ⟶ Cuvier Demonstrates Extinction

Georges Cuvier: Establishes extinction as a fact.
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🔬 Buffon Begins Writing Histoire naturelle

(1749-1789) Buffon wrote Histoire naturelle.⟶
Buffon Begins Writing Histoire naturelle (1749)
Natural HistoryEnlightenmentZoologyBotanyScientific RevolutionScientific Literature
FranceFrance

🧪 Jacques Charles Formulates Charles's Law

Jacques Charles discovers Charles's law⟶
Jacques Charles Formulates Charles's Law (1787)
PhysicsChemistryScientific RevolutionTemperature
FranceFrance

🦕 Cuvier Demonstrates Extinction

Georges Cuvier: Establishes extinction as a fact.⟶
Cuvier Demonstrates Extinction (1796)
PaleontologyBiologyExtinctionNatural HistoryScientific Revolution
FranceFrance

🧬 Lamarck Proposes Theory of Teleological Evolution

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: teleological evolution.⟶
Lamarck Proposes Theory of Teleological Evolution (1802)
EvolutionBiologyScientific TheoryIdeas
FranceFrance

🧪 Anselme Payen Isolates Diastase

Anselme Payen isolates first enzyme, diastase.⟶
Anselme Payen Isolates Diastase (1833)
ChemistryBiologyBiochemistry
FranceFrance