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Who Came up with the idea of natural selection independent of Darwin?
The scientist Alfred Russel Wallace actually studied the idea of natural selection before Charles Darwin. Wallace and Darwin later became research colleagues, but Darwin became more well known after publishing "The Origin of Species".
Why is Charles Darwin so important?
Darwin is the father of evolution. He was a scientist. He was also a writer. He popularized the idea of natural selection. He also opposed slavery.
Why is Charles Darwin important in biology?
The Theory of Evolution by means of Natural Selection, now called Neo-Darwinism or the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis was first properly supported and made famous by Charles Darwin, and (most importantly) best explained. Darwin came up with the mechanism by which animals and plants and all life changed over time: Natural Selection, and gathered evidence for it. The idea of evolution which seems always synonymous with Darwin is the most important idea in biology. You could immediately argue that cell theory and genetics are mind-bogglingly important, but even they are subsets of evolutionary science, evolutionary explanation. Darwin's evolution and Natural Selection is the greatest explainer in all of biology. That is why Darwin is important.
Besides Darwin the theory of evolution by means of natural selection was also independently proposed by who?
Alfred Russel Wallace.Wallace was a naturalist who independently came up with the idea of natural selection while traveling in what is now Malaysia and Indonesia. He sent a letter outlining his ideas to Charles Darwin, to whom it came as a great shock.Darwin had been working on his theory of natural selection for at least 20 years and did not know what to do. His friends Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker decided that the fairest thing to do was to present Wallace's essay and Darwin's own writings jointly to the Linnean Society in 1858.Meanwhile Darwin rushed to complete a shorter version of his intended book, which was published in 1859 as 'On the origin of species'.You can see the letters at www.linnean.org/index.php?id=380
What scientist developed the idea of natural selection?
Charles Darwin may have popularized the term "natural selection" but the idea has been around for centuries. Even Aristotle had thoughts about whether different parts of the body occurred accidentally but only the useful parts survived. Darwin even mentions in his On the Origin of Species his high regards of zoologist Edward Blyth's ideas of variations in nature.
Who came up with natural selection?
Charles Darwin came up with the idea of natural selection during the voyage of the Beagle between 1831 and 1836. His book On the Origin of Species was published on November 24th, 1859.Another scientist named Alfred Russel Wallace also came up with the idea of natural selection, independently from Darwin and around the same time.
How the idea of artificial selection contributed to Darwin's idea on natural selection?
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What famous scientist introduced the idea of natural solution?
Charles Darwin was the scientist that came up with the theory of Natural Selection.
Where did Darwin make his first observations about evolution?
The Galapagos Islands is where he came up with the idea of natural selection.
Who Came up with the idea of natural selection independent of Darwin?
The scientist Alfred Russel Wallace actually studied the idea of natural selection before Charles Darwin. Wallace and Darwin later became research colleagues, but Darwin became more well known after publishing "The Origin of Species".
Who suggested the idea of natural selection?
It was Darwin in 1859
How did the idea of artificial selection contributed to Darwin's ideas on natural selection?
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How the idea of artificial selection contributed to Darwin ideas on natural selection?
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Where did Charles Darwin come up with the idea?
Darwin left on his trip in 1831 on HMS Beagle. The trip took 5 years. He came up with his idea of natural selection on the trip.
Which famous scientist that introduced the idea of natural selection?
Charles Darwin
How the idea of artificial selection contributed to Darwin's ideas on natural selections?
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What Darwin greatest contribution to evolutionary theory?
he developed the idea of natural selection
