Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S.

Alfred Newton Richards.

Alfred Newton Richards 1876-1966.

The theory of natural selection of Alfred Russel Wallace FRS.

Wallace's 1858 paper 'On the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original type' is often thought to present a theory of natural selection identical with that of Darwin. Examination of Wallace's argument shows that it is different from Darwin's because Wallace thought that an inferior variety could coexist with a superior variety until environmental deterioration forced the ext...

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Elected FRS 1976