1802 ⟶ Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: Teleological Evolution
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: teleological evolution.
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🐛 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Begins Study of Invertebrate Taxonomy
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck began the detailed study of invertebrate taxonomy.⟶
BiologyTaxonomyInvertebratesLamarckClassification19th CenturyZoology
France🧬 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: Teleological Evolution
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: teleological evolution.⟶
BiologyEvolutionLamarckTeleology19th CenturyTheory
France🌱 The Term 'Biology' is Independently Propounded by Treviranus and Lamarck
The term biology in its modern sense was propounded independently by Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (Biologie oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur) and Lamarck (Hydrogéologie). The word was coined in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Burdach.⟶
BiologyTerminologyScienceTreviranusLamarck19th Century
GermanyFrance🌱 Lamarck Proposes Theory of Evolution
Lamarck proposed a modern theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.⟶
BiologyEvolutionInheritance of Acquired CharacteristicsLamarckismJean-Baptiste Lamarck19th Century BiologyNatural HistoryEvolutionary Theory
France🐒 Darwin and Wallace independently propose theory of evolution by natural selection
Charles R. Darwin and Alfred Wallace independently proposed a theory of biological evolution ("descent through modification") by means of natural selection. Only in later editions of his works did Darwin used the term "evolution."⟶
EvolutionNatural SelectionCharles DarwinAlfred Russel WallaceBiology19th CenturyDescent with modification
United Kingdom🐒 Darwin and Wallace Present Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace: Theory of evolution by natural selection.⟶
EvolutionNatural SelectionBiologyCharles DarwinAlfred Russel Wallace19th Century ScienceScientific RevolutionTheory of EvolutionGenetics
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