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100 1 _aWallace, Alfred Russel,
_d1823-1913
245 1 0 _aContributions to the Theory of Natural Selection :
_bA Series of Essays
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2007
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2007-08-29
508 _aProduced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.)
520 _a"Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This collection comprises a series of essays that explore the principles of natural selection and its implications for the development of species. Wallace's work presents his insights on evolution, largely building on similar themes as those proposed by Charles Darwin, but emphasizes his independent contributions to the theory. The opening of the volume features a preface that outlines the motivations behind Wallace's decision to compile his essays, which span fifteen years of research and publication in various scientific journals. He reflects on his own work's historical context and asserts his claims regarding the theory of natural selection, aiming to clarify misconceptions about his role relative to Darwin's contributions. Wallace discusses essential concepts such as the geographical distribution of species, the tendency of varieties to diverge from original types, and various examples of protective adaptations in nature, establishing a foundation for the essays to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aNatural selection
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22428
999 _c63566
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