BIO 181

  • Jacques Cousteau develops SCUBA

    Jacques Cousteau develops SCUBA
    Jacques Cousteau was as known for co-inventor of the aqualung and was also known for his research on their marine world.He helped get people's attention about the environmental problems and to help reduce marine population he also documented the sea life and showed the remarkable variety and it's fragility.
    citation: "Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (1910-1997)." World of Earth Science. Encyclopedia.com, n.d. Web. 07 May 2017.
  • Hershey-Chase experiments are published

    Hershey-Chase experiments are published
    Hershey and Chase believe that there was DNA is the genetic material. During their experiments, they verified that the DNA, not the protein carries the genetic information for new generation of phage. citation:
  • Sahelanthropus tchadensis fossil discovered

    Sahelanthropus tchadensis fossil discovered
    Sahelanthropus tchadensis fossil is one of the oldest species known to mankind and lived between six and seven billion years ago.It is one of the oldest known species in the human family tree.They had ape-like feature and scientist believe that them walking upright help the species lived and survive in different environments.They had a great advantage and that's probably why they live for so long.
    citation: Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Sahelanthropus Tchadensis
  • Human genome is fully sequenced

    Human genome is fully sequenced
    Human genome project was a group of people who were working on a scientific project and their main goal was to find out the sequence of nucleotides base pairs that made up the human DNA. Also identifying all of the genes of the human genome. citation:"Human Genome Project." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 07 May 2017. Web. 07 May 2017.