The theory of natural selection of Alfred Russel Wallace FRS

Michael G Bulmer

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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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1837Principles of Geology 1971Group Selection 2014The Correspondence of Charles Darwin 1855XVIII.—On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species 1980Charles Darwin and group selection 1968Wallace, Darwin, and the theory of natural selection

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