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Darwin-Wallace Natural Selection Papers

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Creators

  • Charles Darwin, author
  • Alfred Russel Wallace, author

Canon Rationale

A core evolutionary-biology paper cluster, included as the compact joint presentation of natural selection before Origin of Species.

Evidence

  • citation context: Darwin and Wallace, 'On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties...', Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 1858.
  • museum record: Biodiversity Heritage Library record for the 1858 Linnean Society publication.

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Completion unit: read the 1858 Darwin-Wallace natural-selection paper cluster. This record is distinct from Darwin’s Origin of Species.

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