Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of EssaysAMS Press, 1973 - 384 pages Wallace noticed on expeditions to the Amazon and the Malay archipelego that mammals in Southeast Asia are more advanced than their Australian cousins. His suggestion was that the two continents had split before the better adapted mammals had evolved in Asia. The isolated Australian marsupials were able to thrive, whilst those in Asia were driven to extinction by competition from more advanced mammals. This led to his theory of natural selection, which he presented to the Linnean Society in 1858 with Charles Darwin. This volume reprints those papers presented to the Linnean Society. |
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... whole field of our geological researches with the earth's surface , but the area of the examined portion of each forma- tion separately with the whole earth . For example , during the Silurian period all the earth was Silurian , and ...
... whole field of our geological researches with the earth's surface , but the area of the examined portion of each forma- tion separately with the whole earth . For example , during the Silurian period all the earth was Silurian , and ...
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... whole we know . But yet more important is the probability , nay almost the certainty , that whole formations contain- ing the records of vast geological periods are entirely buried beneath the ocean , and for ever beyond our reach ...
... whole we know . But yet more important is the probability , nay almost the certainty , that whole formations contain- ing the records of vast geological periods are entirely buried beneath the ocean , and for ever beyond our reach ...
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... whole of the phe- nomena and apparent anomalies of the problem to be solved , it is reasonable to ask that those who deny the origin of species by variation and selection should grapple with the facts in detail , and show how the ...
... whole of the phe- nomena and apparent anomalies of the problem to be solved , it is reasonable to ask that those who deny the origin of species by variation and selection should grapple with the facts in detail , and show how the ...
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Geographical distribution dependent on Geologic Changes A | 4 |
On the Tendency of Varieties to depart indefinitely from | 26 |
onlyCause of the dull Colours of Female BirdsUse of the gaudy | 129 |
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