The theory of evolution by natural selection was proposed independently by Darwin and
Correct answer: B. Alfred Russel Wallace
- A. Lamarck
- B. Alfred Russel Wallace
- C. Gregor Mendel
- D. Thomas Huxley
Explanation
Wallace reached the same conclusion while collecting in the Malay Archipelago, and his letter prompted the joint reading of both men's work in 1858. Mendel discovered inheritance, and Huxley defended Darwin, but neither proposed natural selection.
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