1809 ⟶ Lamarck Proposes Theory of Evolution
Lamarck proposed a modern theory of evolution based on the i...
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🧬 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: Teleological Evolution
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: teleological evolution.⟶
BiologyEvolutionLamarckTeleology19th CenturyTheory
France🌱 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
United Kingdom🦠 Pasteur Proposes Germ Theory
Germ TheoryBiologyMedicineLouis PasteurInfectious Disease19th Century ScienceMicrobiologyPathologyPublic Health
France🦠 Proposal of the Endosymbiotic Theory
Lynn Margulis proposed the endosymbiotic theory, that the eukaryotic cell is a symbiotic union of primitive prokaryotic cells. Richard Dawkins called the theory "one of the great achievements of twentieth-century evolutionary biology."⟶
BiologyEvolutionEndosymbiotic TheoryLynn MargulisEukaryotic CellsProkaryotic CellsCellular Biology1960s
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