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Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society of London.
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English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
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Alfred Russel Wallace
English naturalist (1823–1913)
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Evolution
Gradual change in the heritable traits of populations
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Linnean Society of London
Learned society for the study and dissemination of natural history and taxonomy
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collections, and publishes academic…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)