Timeline of Creationism and Science

A Timeline of Creationism (including ID) and Science
Year	Creationism and Intelligent Design	Science
13th Century	Thomas Aquinas argues that natural things act to achieve the best result, can’t be done without intelligence as a goal setter
1665		Robert Hook publishes first drawings of microorganisms seen through an early microscope.
1751		Pierre Louis Maupertuis writes about natural modifications during reproduction and accumulating over the course of generations.
1767-1792		James Burnett writes about the concept that man has descended from primates in response to the environment.
1796		George Cuvier publishes differences between living elephants and those found in the fossil record.  He identifies mastodons and mammoths as unique species.
1802	William Paley develops the watchmaker analogy
1811		Georges Cuvier and Alexandre Brongniart independently publish the geological history of the region around Paris, establishing the ancient age of the Earth.
1813		William Charles Wells assumes the evolution of humans and recognizes the principle of natural selection.
1830-1833		Charles Lyell publishes “Principles of Geology”
1838		Charles Darwin Formulates idea of natural selection
1841		John Phillips names the three major eras in the geologic timescale (which is well known at this point).
1858		Darwin and Wallace present the concept of natural selection to the Linnean Society of London
1859		“On the Origin of Species” is published.  Thomas Huxley uses comparative anatomy to suggest that humans and apes are related.
1865		Gregor Mendel’s work finds traits are inherited in a predictable manner
1866		Ernst Haeckel proposes “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’.
1873	George James Allman (a follower of Paley) uses ‘intelligent design’ for the first time in the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science)
1903	F.C.S. Schiller publishes “Humanism” that contains this quote “It will not be possible to rule out the supposition that the process of evolution may be guided by an intelligent design”
1905		Russian botanist Konstantin Mereschkowski first describes endosymbiotic theory for chloroplasts.
1910-1915		T.H. Morgan experiments with fruit flies and establishes a solid link between chromosomes and Mendelian genetics.
1917		D’Arcy Thompson publishes “On Growth and Form” showing similarities in body plans and how geometric transformations could explain the variations.
1918		R.A. Fisher combines biometrics and Mendelian genetics into an early version of the Modern Synthesis of evolutionary biology.
1920s		Ivan Wallin extends endosymbiotic theory to include mitochondria.
1920-1930s		JBS Haldane et. al reconcile the apparent contradiction between Mendel and Darwin.  Foundations for population genetics established.
1923	George McCready Price writes a treatise on the Seventh-day Adventist perspective of geology, this would form the basis of Henry Morris’ early works.
1925	Butler Act (Tennessee) prohibits teaching of evolution.
1925	Scopes Monkey Trial (The State of Tennessee v. Scopes), Scopes declared guilty of breaking the law prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
1930 – 1940s		Population genetics becomes intergrated with other biologic fields forming the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis.
1937		Theodosius Dobzhansky (former student of TH Morgan) publishes “Genetics and the Origin of Species”
1942		Ernst Mayer develops the biological species concept.
1942		Julian Huxley publishes “Evolution: The Modern Synthesis”
1944		George Gaylord Simpson publishes “Tempo and Mode in Evolution”, showing that the fossil record is consistent with the irregular non-directional pattern predicted by evolutionary theory.
1950	J. Laurence Kulp (a geologist) et. al. publishes “Deluge Geology” in the “Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation”	The development of molecular genetics.
1953		Miller and Urey publish the results of their experiments in creating organic compounds from non-organic raw materials.
1953		Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA.
1959		Horizontal gene transfer discovered by researchers in Japan.
1960s	YECs promote ‘Creation Science‘.
1961	Henry M. Morris and John Whitcomb publish “The Genesis Flood” claiming that observed geologic systems were consistent with Noah’s Flood of the Bible.
1967		Lynn Margulis publishes “The Origin of Mitosing Eukaryotic Cells” substantiating endosymbiotic theory.
1967	Encyclopedia of Philosophy runs an article “Teleological argument for the existence of God”.  States “Stated most succinctly, the argument runs: The world exhibits teleological order (design, adaptation). Therefore, it was produced by an intelligent designer”
1968	Epperson v. Arkansas – overturns prohibition of teaching of evolution (as unconstitutional).
1969		Motoo Kimura provides a theoretical basis for the molecular clock and the neutral theory of molecular evolution.
1972		Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould publish “Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism”
1973		Leigh Van Valen describes the ‘evolutionary arms race’ – coevolution.
1974	Robert Nozick (Political Philosopher) writes “Consider now complicated patterns which one would have thought would arise only through intelligent design”
1975	Daniel v. Waters declares creationism to violate the establishment clause of the US Constitution.  Creation Science is created as a result.
1975		E.O. Wilson publishes “Sociobiology: The New Synthesis” a highly controversial work claiming that evolutionary theory could explain many aspects of animal and human behavior.
1976		Richard Dawkins publishes “The Selfish Gene” focusing on the gene-centered view of evolution.
1979		Richard Lewontin writes an influential paper on “Spandrels” in which a biological structure could arise as an accidental result of selection on another structure.
1980s	Creationism movement
1981	Arkansas Act 590 details the principles of creation science for public schools.
1982	McLean v. Arkansas finds creation science fails to meet the essential characterizes of science and it creation science is primarily a religious view.
1982		Stephen J Gould publishes “Exaptation – a missing term in the science of form”.  This expounds upon Lewontin’s work on ‘spandrels’.
1983		Ernst Hafen, Michael Levine, and William McGinnis independently discover homeobox genes.
1984	Jon Buell (Foundation for Thought and Ethics) publishes “The Mystery of Life’s Origin” by Charles B. Thaxton.
1986	Stephen C. Meyer publishes a review work suggesting that DNA in the cell shows “specified complexity” and must have originated by an intelligent agent. (note similarity to Aquinas)
1987	Creationism ruled unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard
1987		“Redesigning the body plan of Drosophila by ectopic expression of the homoeotic gene Antennapedia” is published in nature.  It shows how changed to controller genes change the body plan of fruit flies.
1987	“Intelligent Design” replaces “creation” in “Of Pandas and People” resulting in ‘cdesign proponentists’.
1988		Richard Lenski begins the E. coli long-term evolution experiment.  (still on-going as of mid-2011)
1988	Thaxton holds conference “Sources of Information Content in DNA”.  Thaxton states this is a sophisticated Paley argument and it is compatible with metaphysical naturalism and supernaturalism.
1989	Of Pandas and People published with ‘intelligent design’ ‘design proponents’ and ‘design theory’
1990		Carl Woese, using evolutionary relatedness as a basis, introduces the three domain classification system.
1990	Kurt Wise and Walter ReMine introduced baraminology (the study of Biblical kinds).
1991	Phillip Johnson publishes “Darwin on Trial”
1991	Stephen Meyer earns Ph.D. in philosophy of science with “Of clues and causes: A methodological interpretation of origin of life studies”
1992	Stephen Meyer defends Johnson’s “Darwin on Trial” during the ‘Ad Hoc Origins Committee’.
1992	Conference at Southern Methodist University culminates in the “Wedge Strategy“
1993	Michael Behe describes the concept of Irreducible Complexity in “Of Pandas and People (1993 revised edition)
1994	Jonathan Wells earns a second Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley with the express intent of disproving evolution.
1996	Behe publishes “Darwin’s Black Box”  ‘formal’ introduction of irreducible complexity
1996	Center for Science and Culture established by the Discovery Institute
1997		Russell Doolittle (upon whom much of Behe’s concept of Irreducible Complexity was based) publishes a rebuttal of irreducible complexity.
1997	Phillip Johnson publishes “Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds”
1998	William Dembski publishes “The Design Inference”
1999	William Dembski publishes “Inteligent Design: The Bridge between Science and Theology”
1999	Henry Morris (scientific creationist) states that ID will fail because it is not Biblical.
1999	Meyer (et.al.) publishes a legal strategy for introducing intelligent design into public schools in the book “Intelligent Design in Public School Science Curriculum”.
1999	The Discovery Institute releases (accidentally) the “Wedge Document”.
2000	Discovery Institute hold congressional briefing on ID.  Sen. Rick Santorum is a vocal supporter.
2000	Granville Sewell publishes in “The Mathematical Intelligencer” claiming that evolution violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
2001	Santorum Amendment encourages the ‘teach the controversy’ approach.  This is not law.
2001	William Dembski states that he stopped publshing in peer-review journals because of their slow time to print and he makes more money from books.
2002-2006	Ohio Board of Education adopts Discovery Institute’s model lesson plan featuring Intelligent Design.  Victory is declared by DI.  2006, the Ohio Board removes the model and ID references in an 11-4 vote.
2002	Stephen Meyer touts 44 peer-reviewed papers as supporting Intelligent Design	26 of the scientists representing 34 of the papers disagree with Meyer’s claim.
2002	William Dembski publishes “No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased without Intelligence”
2002	Stephen Meyer announces the “Teach the Controversy” strategy.
2002	Jonathan Wells publishes “Icons of Evolution” claiming that ten commonly held evidences of evolution are invalid.
2002		Noah Rosenberg et. al. publish “Genetic Structure of Human Populations” in Science showing that genetic differences have a high correlation to physical regions.
2004	Stephen Meyer publishes a review paper in the “Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (August, 2004)”.  The paper was withdrawn after it was discovered that the editor of the jounral (Richard Sternberg) bypassed normal review procedure and accepted a paper not in keeping with the journals primary theme.	The Clergy Letter Project begins.  By 2010 it has collected 12,508 signatures of US Christian clergy supporting evolution.
2004	Michael Behe and David Snook publish “Simulating evolution by gene duplication of protein features that require multiple amino acid residues” in Protein Science.
2004		Barbara Forrest and Paul Gross publish “Creationism’s Trojan Horse“, a history of creationism and the Intelligent Design movement.
2004	Guillermo Gonzalez published “The Privileged Planet”, concludes that the Earth was intelligently designed.
2005	Wells, Meyer and other ID proponents participate in the Kansas evolution hearings (transcript).
2005	Intelligent Design declared equivalent to creationism by federal judge John E. Jones III in the Kitzmiller trial. (transcript)
2006	Discovery Institute begins to abandon “Teach the Controversy” and works on “Critical analysis” strategies.
2006	Jonathan Wells publishes “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design”
2007	Michael Behe publishes “The Edge of Evolution” stating that while evolution works, there is a limit and anything beyond the limit must be attributed to a designer.
2007	Dembski tells Focus on the Family that “The Designer of intelligent design is, ultimately, the Christian God.”
2008	“Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” is shown.
2008		Richard Lenski’s long-term E. coli evolution experiment results in a variant of E. coli that has the ability to utilize citrate.
2008	August 2008 Judge S. James Otero in ACSI v. Roman Sterns rejects Behe’s claims that “Biology for Christian Schools” is a valid science textbook.
2009	Stephen Meyer publishes “Signature in the Cell” in which he claims that DNA is too complex to have evolved.	An 18-month discussion on Amazon forums ensues, with no single person able to identify any ‘evidence’ in the book.
2009-2010	William Dembski publishes four papers with Robert Marks about information and computer searches.
2010		Richard Lenski’s long-term E. coli evolution experiment reaches 50,000 generations of bacteria.

* Note that many of the comments in the science side don’t have an ‘author’.  This is because so many of these major concepts were developed over decades with tens to hundreds of scientists and researchers involved and writing supporting papers.