Open AccessOn the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection.
Author(s) -
Darwin Charles,
Wallace Alfred
Publication year - 1858
Publication title -
journal of the proceedings of the linnean society of london. zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-9416
pISSN - 1945-9475
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1858.tb02500.x
Subject(s) - selection (genetic algorithm) , natural selection , natural (archaeology) , biology , geography , computer science , artificial intelligence , paleontology
1. Lyell and Hooker’s own letter of introduction explaining the extraordinary circumstances; 2. An excerpt from Darwin’s unpublished draft, part of a chapter titled, “On the Variation of Organic Beings in a State of Nature; on the Natural Means of Selection; on the Comparison of Domestic Races and True Species”; 3. An abstract of Darwin’s 1857 letter to Harvard University botanist, Prof. Asa Gray; 4. Wallace’s manuscript, “On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type.”