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Timeline of Discovery
URL: http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/discoveries/timeline.swf

Description:
"Presented here ... is a timeline that includes important scientific discoveries from 1840 to the present related to early humans. This interactive overview is a practical tool for your own investigation of our collective past." Covers events such as gorillas being formally recognized as a separate genus from chimpanzees in 1847, the 1859 publication of "Darwin's groundbreaking and highly controversial book on evolution," and Leakey funded discoveries starting in the 1960s. From the Leakey Foundation.

LII Topics: Evolution, Science

Publisher:
Leakey Foundation

LII Database Information:
Record 26673 created by Maria Brandt on 08/11/2008
Last modification on 08/11/2008
Published: 08/13/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26673

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