Two contemporary biologists, raised and educated in Victorian England, both arrived at the same conclusions about evolution at the same time. One of these men was Charles Darwin and the other one was ________.
A) John Henslow
B) Alfred Russel Wallace
C) Thomas Malthus
D) Robert Fitzroy
E) Charles Lyell

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Alfred Russel Wallace independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings in 1858. This prompted Darwin to publish his own ideas in "On the Origin of Species" in 1859.

Two Contemporary Biologists, Raised and Educated in Victorian England, Both