Article ID: CBB000651766

The Theory of Natural Selection of Alfred Russel Wallace FRS (2005)

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Wallace's 1858 paper `On the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original type' is often thought to present a theory of natural selection identical with that of Darwin. Examination of Wallace's argument shows that it is different from Darwin's because Wallace thought that an inferior variety could coexist with a superior variety until environmental deterioration forced the extinction of the inferior one. Other interpretations of Wallace's argument are re-examined in the light of this finding.

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Authors & Contributors
Smith, Charles Hamilton
Flannery, Michael A.
Costa, James T.
Medina Precioso, Juan Ramón
Roberta Visone
Smith, Charles H.
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
Studies in History of Biology
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Metabasis
Journal of Biogeography
Publishers
Guadalmazan
World Scientific
Verso
University of Chicago Press
University of Alabama Press
Siri Scientific Press
Concepts
Evolution
Natural selection
Biographies
Natural history
Darwinism
Spiritualism
People
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Darwin, Charles Robert
van Wyhe, John
Tristram, Henry Baker
Spencer, Herbert
Lyell, Charles
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
England
South America
Malay; Malaysia
British Isles
Southeast Asia
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