Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection de Alfred Russel Wallace

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection

Alfred Russel Wallace

Janice M. Hughes Ph. D.

Alfred Russel Wallace is best known as the co-originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection, an honor he shares with his contemporary Charles Darwin. Among the ten essays in this volume is his seminal paper on natural selection, "On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type," which was presented with Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" at a meeting of the Linnean Society of London in July 1858. This edition of Wallace's "Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection" is the first entry in the Foundations of Biological Thought series published by Briar Bird Press. The series presents the pivotal works of 19th century naturalists remastered for modern readers. Meticulously edited, these volumes preserve the author's intent in design and content, including the manuscript's original annotations and amendments. In addition, revised page references and editor's notes are included throughout to retain the utility of the works for both study and reference.

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Preface; Additions and corrections to the essays as originally published; Preface to the second edition; 1. On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species; 2. On the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original type; 3. Mimicry and other protective resemblances among animals; 4. The Malayan Papilionidae, or swallow-tailed butterflies, as illustrative of the theory of natural selection; 5. On instinct in Man and animals; 6. The philosophy of birds' nests; 7. A theory of birds' nests; 8. Creation by law; 9. The development of human races under the law of natural selection; 10. The limits of natural selection as applied to Man; Notes; Index.

Notă biografică

Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist, and illustrator who lived from 8 January 1823 to 7 November 1913. His own development of the theory of evolution through natural selection is what made him most famous. Charles Darwin's earlier papers on the subject were also excerpted in his 1858 paper, which was published in the same year. In response, Darwin rapidly wrote an abstract of the "great species book" he was composing, which he then published in 1859 as "On the Origin of Species. Beginning in the Amazon River basin, Wallace conducted considerable fieldwork. The Wallace Line, which divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts and is now known as the Wallace Line, was discovered by him while conducting fieldwork in the Malay Archipelago. In the western portion, where the animals are large and of Asian origin, and in the eastern portion, where the fauna reflects Australasia. He is frequently referred to as the "father of biogeography," or more specifically, of zoogeography, and was thought to be the foremost authority on the geographic distribution of animal species in the 19th century.