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Article published about the paper by Alfred Russel Wallace, which was indirectly responsible for the production of Darwin's "Origin of Species"
Alfred Russel Wallace's 1855 essay, popularly known as the 'Sarawak Law', was one of the most important scientific papers about evolution published prior to the discovery of its primary mechanism, natural selection (a theory jointly published in 1858 by him and Charles DarwinRadio Interview with Wallace's Great Grandchildren and Wallace Scholar George Beccaloni
Here is a link to a 30 minute programme about Wallace on BBC Radio Wales, which has interviews with Wallace's great grandchildren, Bill and Sue, and the WMF Chair Dr George Beccaloni: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025rs0 The episode was broadcast on 10 December 2024, and will be permanently available on the BBC Wales Science Cafe website.
A Very, Very Special Cruise in the Eastern Malay Archipelago, With the Co-discoverer of Evolution by Natural Selection's Great Grandson!
In February 1858 Alfred Russel Wallace discovered evolution by natural selection while suffering from malaria in the remote village of Dodinga on Halmahera Island in Indonesia's beautiful Maluku Islands.Identification of Alfred Russel Wallace's most important collecting locality in mainland Malaysia, and its sad fate.
By George Beccaloni PhD, May 2024
(work in progress)
A Record of the Linnean Society of London's 2023 Exhibition About Alfred Russel Wallace
Photos of the Linnean Society of London's Wallace exhibition by Andrew Wakefield, December 2023.
The exhibition cellebrated the bicentenary of Wallace's birth, and ran from June until the 20th December 2023.
Go on a trip of a lifetime, travelling in the footsteps of Alfred Russel Wallace in the Malay Archipelago.
The Battle to Claim the 'Real' Site of Wallace's Ternate House
The house that Alfred Russel Wallace rented on the "earthquake-tortured island of Ternate" in Indonesia has become legendary thanks to the fact that he was living there when he sent his famous essay on evolution by natural selection to Charles Darwin in March 1858. The house was largely made from plant material (wood and thatch) and would have rotted away long, long, ago, although a former Sultan of Ternate claimed that one of his more substantially built concrete houses was THE house.
Alfred Russel Wallace Discovered the Mottled-face Tamarin Monkey
By George Beccaloni, August 2023
You can now chat with Alfred Russel Wallace!
Well, you can chat with an AI system designed to mimic Wallace. You can access it here: https://deepai.org/chat/alfred-russel-wallace I asked it a number of questions, some of which are shown below together with the answers the system gave. I have not shown a number of other answers to more specific questions which the system got very wrong indeed!