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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Darwin Vs. Wallace
Out of the list of names above, my choice is no other than Alfred Russell Wallace. He had the most influence on Darwin's Natural Selection theory. He contributed to a lot of Darwin's evidence. Wallace traveled all around the world and begin to come up with a theory based on animals and how they mate and reproduce which also has a different impact depending on their environmental circumstances.
Wallace and Darwin were more in a competitive state. Darwin didn't want Wallace to take full credit for the Natural Selection theory. Darwin was sitting on the idea for fifteen years, but never had enough evidence to publish his idea. If Wallace would have never exchange letters with Darwin on the idea of the Natural Selection theory, he would have probably took full credit for the Natural Selection theory. Wallace essay forced Darwin to submit his ideas to a publisher. And since Wallace gave his letter and ideas to Darwin for him to submit to a publisher while he was out traveling around the world, Do you think Darwin would have publish his ideas? A publisher thought it would have been fair to publish both of these scientists essays next to each other. Which not only made it fair, but both of the scientists were happy. So whenever someone is speaking of the Natural Selection theory by Charles Darwin, Alfred Russell Wallace's name is not far behind.
Wallace key points that were used most in his work:
If the environment changes, the traits that are helpful or adaptive to that environment will be different and In order for natural selection to occur, reproduction MUST occur! Both of these points were used in Wallace theory. He discussed the way animals reproduced in different climates and the traits they received from each parent and also the traits they would create on their own.
No, it took Darwin fifteen years to decide to publish his idea, and that was only because Wallace was in the mist of publishing his own. Wallace was traveling all around the world putting his theory to the test. Wallace never gave up on his ideas and kept finding ways to make his theory true.
They decicded not teach any of the students about Darwin's theory. The church only believed about teaching their student about what they believed were traditional values. So any mention about his book or any of his other writings were prohibited.
http://darwin200.christs.cam.ac.uk/pages/index.php?page_id=d8
Wallace and Darwin were more in a competitive state. Darwin didn't want Wallace to take full credit for the Natural Selection theory. Darwin was sitting on the idea for fifteen years, but never had enough evidence to publish his idea. If Wallace would have never exchange letters with Darwin on the idea of the Natural Selection theory, he would have probably took full credit for the Natural Selection theory. Wallace essay forced Darwin to submit his ideas to a publisher. And since Wallace gave his letter and ideas to Darwin for him to submit to a publisher while he was out traveling around the world, Do you think Darwin would have publish his ideas? A publisher thought it would have been fair to publish both of these scientists essays next to each other. Which not only made it fair, but both of the scientists were happy. So whenever someone is speaking of the Natural Selection theory by Charles Darwin, Alfred Russell Wallace's name is not far behind.
Wallace key points that were used most in his work:
If the environment changes, the traits that are helpful or adaptive to that environment will be different and In order for natural selection to occur, reproduction MUST occur! Both of these points were used in Wallace theory. He discussed the way animals reproduced in different climates and the traits they received from each parent and also the traits they would create on their own.
No, it took Darwin fifteen years to decide to publish his idea, and that was only because Wallace was in the mist of publishing his own. Wallace was traveling all around the world putting his theory to the test. Wallace never gave up on his ideas and kept finding ways to make his theory true.
They decicded not teach any of the students about Darwin's theory. The church only believed about teaching their student about what they believed were traditional values. So any mention about his book or any of his other writings were prohibited.
http://darwin200.christs.cam.ac.uk/pages/index.php?page_id=d8
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