Wallace was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the 19th century, working on warning coloration in animals and reinforcement (sometimes known as the wallace effect), a way that natural selection could contribute to speciation by encouraging the development of barriers against hybridisation. He is most known for having come up with the revolutionary idea of evolution by natural selection entirely. Alfred russel wallace (born january 8, 1823, usk, monmouthshire, wales—died november 7, 1913, broadstone, dorset, england) was a british humanist, naturalist, geographer, and social critic.
Most famously, he had the revolutionary idea of evolution by natural selection entirely independently of charles darwin. His seminal contributions to biology rival those of his friend and colleague charles darwin, though he is far less well known. Alfred russel wallace was born in wales in 1823
He even weighed in on the debate as to whether or not life could exist on mars However, what he is best known for is his work on the theory of natural selection. This was wallace’s ultimate heresy, a heresy that exposed the metaphysical underpinnings of the emerging darwinian paradigm Read selected individual chapters of alfred russel wallace
A rediscovered life for free by clicking on the links below, or purchase a copy of the book. Alfred russel wallace discovered the concept of evolution by natural selection Although now rarely mentioned as the discoverer (darwin, who discovered the theory independently, is usually cited) wallace enjoyed a high reputation in his lifetime and received many of science's most prestigious awards.
