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Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.
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English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
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On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection
1858 scientific article
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Alfred Russel Wallace
English naturalist (1823–1913)
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Mechanism of evolution by differential reproduction
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Publication of theory of natural selection
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Evolution
Gradual change in the heritable traits of populations
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on genetic variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more or less…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)