The idea of Natural Selection as the fundamental process of evolutionary changes was reached

Options

A. By Alfred Russel Wallace in 1901
B. Independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859
C. Independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1990
D. By Charles Darwin in 1866

Answer

B

Explanation

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist. In 1831, Darwin got an opportunity to travel on H.M.S Beagle (a ship in which Charles Darwin sailed around the world) for a voyage of world exploration. Alfred Russle Wallace (1823-1913), another English naturalist, also travelled widely and studied the fauna and flora of South America and south east Asia. Evolutionary ideas similar to those of Darwin developed in Wallace's mind. the thinking of both Darwin and Wallace in respect of organic evolution was similar. in 1859, Wallace's paper and summary of Darwin theory together appeared in the journal of the proceeding of Linnean Society. Finally in 1859, Darwin published his observation and conclusions under the "Origin of species by Natural Selection".