Why Is the Work of Alfred Russell Wallace Considered When

question 40

Multiple Choice

Why is the work of Alfred Russell Wallace considered when discussing the theory of evolution?

• A) He was an English naturalist who had arrived at many of the same conclusions as Darwin through his own research in the Amazon.
• B) His work is not considered, as he was mistakenly credited with the theory of natural selection.
• C) He was a British dog breeder who worked on artificial selection experiments in the same way Mendel worked on sweet peas to determine inheritance.
• D) He was well known and gathered even more evidence to support evolution than Darwin, though from the Amazon rather than the Galapagos.

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