Episode 3 of 6
Wallace Influenced by Vestiges
- When
- 1845
- Where
- Unknown
Reading Vestiges in 1845 first inclined Alfred Russel Wallace to believe that the transmutation of species occurred.
It was reading Vestiges in 1845 that first inclined Alfred Russel Wallace to believe that the transmutation of species occurred. This influence occurred before his own major contributions to evolutionary theory.
Sources
- Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
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