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Which concept did Charles Darwin and Alfred wallace independently discover?

Which concept did Charles Darwin and Alfred wallace independently discover?

Assertion :- Alfred Russel Wallace, a naturalist worked in Malay Archepelago that is Modern Indonesla. Reason :- He divided earth in seven geographical realms based on the distribution of inverlebrates.

Read the following statements carefully and select the correct ones. () Alfred wallace, a naturalist who worked in Malay Archipelago had also come to similar conclusions as Darwin around the same time. (ii) August Weismann by carefull experimentation demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life. (iii) The organs which have the same fundamental structure but are different in functions are called homologous organs. (iv) Rate of appearance of new form is inversely proportional to life spain of organism.

Read the following statements carefully and select the correct ones. () Alfred wallace, a naturalist who worked in Malay Archipelago had also come to similar conclusions as Darwin around the same time. (ii) August Weismann by carefull experimentation demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life. (iii) The organs which have the same fundamental structure but are different in functions are called homologous organs. (iv) Rate of appearance of new form is inversely proportional to life spain of organism.

Statements: I. The world’s largest bee — a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb — has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia in its first sighting in nearly 40 years, researchers said. II. Despite its conspicuous size, no one had observed Wallace’s giant bee — discovered in the 19th century by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Conclusions: I. Several previous expeditions to the region where the bee lives failed to spot it. II. Indonesia is home to an abundant variety of flora and fauna but there are fears for some animal and insect communities as forests being cut down for agriculture threaten many species’ natural habitat. III. The bee which lives in the Indonesian island region of North Moluccas, makes its nest in termite mounds, using its large fang-like mandibles to collect sticky resin to protect its home from the termites.

Both C Darwin and AR Wallace developed, independently the theory of evolution by natural selection. Yet, Darwin was given credit for the theory because he

Alfred Wallace (1823-1913) was a naturalist from Dutch East Inides, who was working on Malaya Archipelago. Today, Malaya Archipelago is situated in