NEET Biology question

The idea of natural selection as the fundamental process of evolutionary changes was reached

(A)By Alfred Russell Wallace in 1901
(B)Independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace in 1859Correct
(C)Independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace in 1900
(D)By Charles Darwin in 1866

Answer: (B)

Solution

In 1831, Charles Darwin accepted an unpaid post of naturalist on the surveyship HMS Beagle, which spends the five years at the sea charting the east coast of South America and gave theory of natural selection. Alfred Russell Wallace had travelled widely in South America, Malaya and the Eastern Indian archipelago and

See the full step-by-step solution

Create a free account to read the complete working, and practise questions like this in a timed test.

Create a free account

Question ID VK-121206