doi: 10.1098/rsnr.2004.0081.
The theory of natural selection of Alfred Russel Wallace FRS
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The theory of natural selection of Alfred Russel Wallace FRS
Michael Bulmer. Notes Rec R Soc Lond..
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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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