TechnoHistory:

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TechnoHistory
a timeline of bio-related technology
biotechnology- n. The application of the
principles of engineering and technology to the
life sciences. www.dictionary.com
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First cultivation of plants (farming) developed
in Mesopotamia's Fertile Crescent
12,000 BC
10,000 BC
Canine domestication starts
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Domestication of the goat
Domestication of cattle
6000 BC
5000 BC
7000 BC
8000 BC
Domestication of swine
Domestication of the horse
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Domestication of the sheep
1750 BC Sumerians brew beer
4000 BC
3000 BC
2000 BC
Egyptian produce bread and wine using yeast.
Rice cultivated in what is today Thailand.
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Greeks use crop rotation to maximize harvest.
1000 BC
500 BC
1 AD
Moldy soybean curd found to be an antibiotic in
China. Used to treat boils.
Chrysanthemum powder used as insecticide in
China.
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1000 AD
1500 AD
Jensen invents light microscope
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1675 AD Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria.
1797 AD Jenner creates smallpox vaccine
1600 AD
1700 AD
1800 AD
1830 AD Proteins are discovered.
1663 AD Cells are first described by Hooke. He
used cork, as in ? this image.
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1863 AD Mendel, an Austrian monk, discovers
genetics in his studies of sweet peas.
1928 AD Fleming discovers penicillin, the
antibiotic is born.
1986 AD First field test of genetic engineered
plants.
1900 AD
1950 AD
2000 AD
1919 AD The term Biotechnology is first used in
Hungary.
1953 AD Watson and Crick finally crack the DNA
structure by forming the double helix.
1859 AD Charles Darwin publishes Origin of
Species. This is the first text on his theory of
evolution.
1996 AD Dolly the sheep born. First mammal
produced through cloning.
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