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Who Discovered Genetic Drift

The corrected mathematical treatment and term “genetic drift” was later coined by a founder of population genetics, Sewall Wright. His first use of the term “drift” was in 1929, though at the time he was using it in the sense of a directed process of change, or natural selection. The… 

Who Disproved The Phlogiston Theory

Antoine Lavoisier disproved the existence of phlogiston and helped to form the basis of modern chemistry using Joseph Priestley’s discovery of oxygen. From Academic Kids. The phlogiston theory is a now-disproved 17th century hypothesis regarding combustion. The theory was invented by J. J. Becher late in the 17th century and… 

Who Discovered Iron In Africa

By the late 1960s some surprisingly early radiocarbon dates had been obtained for iron smelting sites in both Niger and central Africa (Rwanda, Burundi), reviving the view that iron-making was independently invented by Africans in sub-Saharan Africa as far back as 3600 BCE. African Iron Age Time Line 1 2nd… 

Who Discovered Kenya

It is known that human history in Kenya dates back millions of years, because it is there that some of the earliest fossilized remains of hominids have been discovered. The Portuguese became the first Europeans to explore the region of current-day Kenya: Vasco da Gama visited Mombasa in April 1498.… 

Who Discovered Macklemore

Childhood & Early Life Macklemore was born as Benjamin Hammond Haggerty on June 19, 1983, in Kent, Washington, to Bill Haggerty and Julie Schott. He was raised with his brother Tim in Seattle. When he was six, he heard the group Digital Underground’s music on radio, and that’s how hip…