The theory of evolution by natural selection did not cause a sensation until
A) Darwin presented the theory at a meeting of the Linnean Society.
B) Alfred Russel Wallace returned from the East Indies to promote the theory alongside Darwin.
C) Alfred Russel Wallace sent Darwin key evidence for the theory from the East Indies.
D) Darwin laid out ample evidence for the theory in The Origin of Species.

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Darwin's publication of "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, where he laid out a vast amount of evidence supporting the theory of evolution by natural selection, was pivotal in causing a sensation and bringing widespread attention to the theory.

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