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Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection
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ISBN10: 3348161312
ISBN13: 9783348161312
Publisher: Hansebooks
Published: Aug 4 2026
Pages: 406
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
ISBN13: 9783348161312
Publisher: Hansebooks
Published: Aug 4 2026
Pages: 406
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Alfred Russel Wallace's Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection presents a compelling and rigorous exploration of how species change over time through natural processes. Wallace argues that the struggle for existence, combined with variation among individuals, allows advantageous traits to become more common across generations. Rather than treating evolution as a vague idea, he builds a structured case for natural selection as a mechanism that can explain adaptation, divergence, and the distribution of living organisms. Throughout the work, Wallace also engages with evidence from nature-observations of plants and animals, patterns in geography, and the distinctive characteristics of different species-showing how these observations can be understood when natural selection is taken seriously. The result is a thought-provoking contribution to evolutionary theory. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870.
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