OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
EVOLUTION
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Question
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Who figured out the mechanics of evolution known as natural selection?
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Charles Darwin
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Alfred Wallace
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Both of them
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) are jointly credited with coming up with the theory of evolution by natural selection, having co-published on it in 1858. Darwin has generally overshadowed Wallace since the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, however.
Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Darwin is commonly cited as the person who “discovered” evolution. But, the historical record shows that roughly seventy different individuals published work on the topic of evolution between 1748 and 1859, the year that Darwin published On the Origin of Species.
Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Darwin: Naturalist, Revolutionary, and Father of Evolution.
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