In 1858 Charles Darwin received a manuscript from Alfred Russel Wallace in which Wallace proposed a theory very similar to his own. Darwin first presented his ideas in a joint paper with Wallace, which was read to the Linnaean Society, also in 1858. Why do you think history primarily associates Darwin's, not Wallace's, name with the theory of evolution?

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The Answer of In 1858 Charles Darwin received a manuscript from Alfred Russel Wallace in which Wallace proposed a theory very similar to his own. Darwin first presented his ideas in a joint paper with Wallace, which was read to the Linnaean Society, also in 1858. Why do you think history primarily associates Darwin's, not Wallace's, name with the theory of evolution?

In 1858 Charles Darwin Received a Manuscript from Alfred Russel