Alfer Russel Wallace was the first to formulate a complete theory of species' evolution and publish it - one year before Darwin did his own. In his autobiography, Darwin mentioned that Wallace theory even helped the acceptance of his own 'Origin of Species' from the scientific community! In the years to come the theory went cold. When it was re-discovered after World War II, the scientists did not know their history well and through that Darwin was the one who first established the theory of evolution. Thus, they named it after Darwin alone.
Wallace was elected head of the anthropology section of the British Association in 1866, president of the Entomological Society of London in 1870 and head of the Biology section of the British Association in 1876.
One of the reasons why Russel Wallace is ignored by some Darwinists these days, is that Wallace believed that the evolution theory cannot explain the 'higher', noble characteristics of humans and that a divine entity (i.e. God) must exist. See the work 'The Limits of Natural Selection as Applied to Man', Alfred Russel Wallace (S165: 1869/1870) for more details on that.
Alfred Russel Wallace independently came up with the theory of evolution. His and Darwin's papers on evolution were jointly presented in 1858, and so both are credited with the discovery of evolution by natural selection.
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Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Alfred Russel Wallace was born on January 8, 1823.
Alfred Russel Wallace was born on January 8, 1823.
Alfred Russel Wallace died on November 7, 1913 at the age of 90.
Alfred Russel Wallace independently came up with the theory of evolution. His and Darwin's papers on evolution were jointly presented in 1858, and so both are credited with the discovery of evolution by natural selection.
Yes
Alfred Russel Wallace was born on January 8, 1823 and died on November 7, 1913. Alfred Russel Wallace would have been 90 years old at the time of death or 192 years old today.
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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)
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The theory was developed independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist and biologist. He conducted most of his research in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil in 1848.