ALFRED WALLACE: Excuse me Charles, unbelievable, you seem to have started without me. Always trying to take all the credit for our joint theory of evolution aren't you? CHARLES DARWIN: Keep your ...

Throughout 2009, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the world is marking ... also owe a considerable debt to Alfred Russel Wallace, who undertook two long voyages under yet ...

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913 ... Most famously, he had the revolutionary idea of evolution by natural selection entirely independently of Charles Darwin. Wallace was born in 1823 in Usk - now in ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural ... Then a letter compelled him to go public. Alfred Russel Wallace was an admirer of Darwin's. Inspired by the Beagle voyage, Wallace set off ...

The journey of young Charles Darwin aboard His Majesty's Ship ... until a younger man named Alfred Russel Wallace (see "The Man Who Wasn't Darwin" in National Geographic, December 2008) struck ...

Alternative thinking on the evolution of species is a welcome way to highlight some neglected aspects of life on Earth, but ...

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) transformed the way we understand ... When he learned that the young naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace had developed similar ideas, Darwin volunteered to send ...

Darwin and fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace developed the theory of evolution ... study adaptation through laboratory experiments. Charles Darwin comes to mind when we think of the theory ...

Like so many great scientists, Charles Darwin was first drawn to science as a young boy by his intense interest in the diverse animals and plants that filled his surroundings. Later, despite his ...

Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, not far from Sir Isaac Newton. He was born in Shrewsbury on 12th February 1809, son of Robert Waring ...

Alfred Russel Wallace was undoubtedly one of the greatest naturalists of all time. Not only did he jointly publish the theory of evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin in 1858 ...

In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, next to Charles Darwin’s memorial, is a white marble roundel with a profile relief bust to the memory of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. This is by the ...