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   Who was Alfred Russel Wallace?

   • Alfred Russel Wallace, British humanist, naturalist, geographer, and social critic. He became known for his views on scientific, social, and spiritualist subjects. His formulation of the theory of evolution by natural selection, which predated Charles Darwin’s published contributions, is his outstanding legacy.

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   What did Alfred Russel Wallace do before Charles Darwin?

   • Before Charles Darwin published his first clear (and public) statements on evolution in 1858 and 1859, Alfred Russel Wallace had already published a series of brilliant papers that bear on the process of evolution and species formation.

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   What did Alfred Russel Wallace say about evolution?

   • "On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type". The Alfred Russel Wallace Page hosted by Western Kentucky University. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007. ^ Darwin & Wallace 1858. ^ Smith, Charles H. "Alfred Russel Wallace: Evolution of an Evolutionist Introduction".

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   Why did Darwin and Wallace believe in natural selection?

   • Similarly, nature unconsciously “selects” individuals better suited to surviving their local conditions. Given enough time, Darwin and Wallace argued, natural selection might produce new types of body parts, from wings to eyes. Wallace in 1902. Image courtesy of the Alfred Russel Wallace Page.

   Natural Selection: Charles Darwin & Alfred Russel Wallace

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   Apr 15, 2024 · Alfred Russel Wallace, British humanist, naturalist, geographer, and social critic. He became known for his views on scientific, social, and spiritualist subjects. His formulation of the theory of evolution by natural selection, which predated Charles Darwin’s published contributions, is his outstanding legacy.

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   But in the mid-1800s, Darwin and the British biologist Alfred Russel Wallace independently conceived of a natural, even observable, way for life to change: a process Darwin called natural selection.

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   Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection ; his 1858 paper on the subject was published that year alongside extracts from Charles Darwin 's earlier ...

   • Author abbrev. (botany): Wallace
   • Died: 7 November 1913 (aged 90), Broadstone, Dorset, England

   • Born: 8 January 1823, Llanbadoc, Monmouthshire, Wales

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   Oct 19, 2023 · Learn about Alfred Wallace, a naturalist and geographer who co-developed the theory of natural selection with Charles Darwin. Discover his life, travels, discoveries, and contributions to evolutionary biology.

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   Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a man of many talents - an explorer, collector, naturalist, geographer, anthropologist and political commentator. Most famously, he had the revolutionary idea of evolution by natural selection entirely independently of Charles Darwin.

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   Jun 4, 2019 · Alfred Russel Wallace was a key contributor to the theory of evolution and the theory of natural selection. His paper detailing the natural selection mechanism was published together with writings by Charles Darwin in 1858, setting the basis for our understanding of how species evolve over time.

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    Learn about the life and work of Alfred Russel Wallace, the codiscoverer of natural selection and the founder of biogeography. Explore his publications, portraits, and collections on this website.