Timeline of the Theory of Evolution
Category: Autre
mise à jour avec succès: 7 déc. 2017
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Created byMia Filion
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Les événements
Aristotle, a greek philosopher
classified organisms in a scale
where organisms are ranked
in their ability to move and
sense.A Swedish naturalist
laid down the
binomial system of
nomenclatureGorges Cuvier
French Naturalist
and zoologist
proposed catastrophism
and the reason for rapid
changes in speciesJames Hutton
Scottish geologist,
physician, and naturalist
Proposed the theory of
gradualism, profound change
is the product of a slow
but continuous processCharles Lyell
British Lawyer and geologist
Proposed the theory of
uniformitarianismJean-Baptiste Lamarck
French naturalist, explains
the concept of Use and Disuse
traits that are "used" are
passed down, traits that are
not adaptive are "disused"Charles Darwin
English naturalist
and geologist
Proposed Evolution,
Common descent, natural selection
Species multiply , Gradualism
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