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Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 27. When Wallace Broke With Darwin., Charles H. Smith
Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 27. When Wallace Broke With Darwin., Charles H. Smith
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
The year 1866 was the first year Alfred Russel Wallace showed definite signs of breaking with Darwin over the limits of natural selection. Attention is drawn to a July 1866 exchange of letters between the two, and how this foreshadowed what followed.
Natural Selection: A Concept In Need Of Some Evolution?, Charles H. Smith
Natural Selection: A Concept In Need Of Some Evolution?, Charles H. Smith
DLPS Faculty Publications
In some respects natural selection is a quite simple theory, arrived at through the logical integration of three propositions (the presence of variation within natural populations, an absolutely limited resources base, and procreation capacities exceeding mere replacement numbers) whose individual truths can hardly be denied. Its relation to the larger subject of evolution, however, remains problematic. It is suggested here that a scaling-down of the meaning of natural selection to “the elimination of the unfit,” as originally intended by Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), might ultimately prove a more effective means of relating it to larger-scale, longer-term, evolutionary processes.
What's In A Word? On Reading--And Misreading--Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles H. Smith
What's In A Word? On Reading--And Misreading--Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles H. Smith
DLPS Faculty Publications
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