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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Theory
Lamark created the theory of evolution which included the idea that traits could be acquired and then passed along to offspring. -
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Life of Charles Darwin
The life of the father of evolution created a trigger to many other events in the timeline and is the creator of the theory of evolution. -
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Earnest Haeckel
Haeckel was an influential zoologist whose work on evolution served to inspire some of the racist theories of the Nazis. -
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Darwins trip to Galapagos
The experiments that Darwin conducts during his time at the Galapagos create most of what we know about the idea of evolution. -
Darwin decides to publish his work earlier
Here Alfred Wallace was able to help darwin solidify his thoughts and get his work published faster. -
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Success of "Origin Of the Species"
All 1,250 copies of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection were sold out on the very first day.Then they went into its second edition, 3,000 copies sold -
Darwin's Origin of The Species is Published
This is when the world first got to hear about the theory of evolution in Darwin's words -
Debate over theory
Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce of the Church of England engaged in their famous debate on Darwin's theory of evolution. This shows the topic is bringing much discussion and thought -
Conserversy of the theory begins
John T. Scopes was born. Scopes became famous in a trial which challenged Tennessee's law against teaching evolution. -
Teaching of Evolution is Banned in Public Schools
This shows how varied the opinions of the topic of evolution really was -
Scopes Monkey Trial begin
Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed into law a prohibition against the teaching of evolution in public schools. Later that year John Scopes would violate the law, leading to the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial. -
Religon has been publicly brought in to the Controversy of the Theory
Pope Pius XII issued the encyclical Humani Generis, condemning ideologies that threatened Roman Catholic faith but allowing that evolution did not necessarily conflict with Christianity. -
Epperson vs. Arkansas
this was a very big breakthrough for the theory of evolution because it stated that The Supreme Court found that Arkansas' law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional because the motivation was based on a literal reading of Genesis, not science -
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Series of Court Cases
In these years there were several court cases back to back to back including McClean v. Arkansas and Webster v. New Lenox which all took turns deciding some aspect of the theory of evolution including where and who it can be taught to -
The ending deciosn on the teaching of evolution (the decison we still live under)
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that school boards have the right to prohibit teaching creationism because such lessons would constitute religious advocacy.