---
title: "Religion and Science: A Timeline"
description: "This timeline was written by David Masci, Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. Photo credits: DNA: iStockPhoto; Madrassa: Corbis; Copernican solar system, Corbis; Galileo: Getty Images; Isaac Newton: Corbis; Charles Darwin: Julia Margaret Cameron; Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan: Corbis; Adam: iStockPhoto; Big Bang: Getty Images; Richard Dawkins: Corbis."
date: "2009-11-05"
authors:
  - name: "Joseph Liu"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2009/11/05/religion-and-science-a-timeline/"
---

# Religion and Science: A Timeline

[![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2009/11/FINALEvolutionTimeline10-29.jpg)](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2009/11/05/religion-and-science-a-timeline/attachment/13096/)

*This timeline was written by David Masci, Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.*

Photo credits: DNA: iStockPhoto; Madrassa: Corbis; Copernican solar system, Corbis; Galileo: Getty Images; Isaac Newton: Corbis; Charles Darwin: Julia Margaret Cameron; Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan: Corbis; Adam: iStockPhoto; Big Bang: Getty Images; Richard Dawkins: Corbis.