Darwin presented his ideas on evolution in a joint paper with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1858, which was presented to the Linnean Society of London. On the Origin of Species was published in 1859 and The Descent of Man was published in 1871.

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Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin

A) did not present his ideas on evolution in public until after he published On the Origin of Species.
B) did not present his ideas on evolution in public until after he published The Descent of Man.
C) presented his ideas on evolution in a joint paper with Charles Lyell.
D) presented his ideas on evolution in a joint paper with Alfred Russel Wallace.
E) presented his ideas on evolution before Alfred Russel Wallace did.

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