Abstract
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823?1913) is remembered, with Charles Darwin, as the co-originator of the concept of evolution by natural selection. But Wallace’s framing of the idea increasingly became one in which natural selection itself was regarded as a law of nature, not a theory per se.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Earth Sciences | Geography | History | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Life Sciences | Philosophy | Philosophy of Science | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Smith, Charles H., "Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 35. Natural Selection by Evolution." (2025). Faculty/Staff Personal Papers. Paper 353.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/fac_staff_papers/353
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