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Publication in the Zoological Journal
- When
- 20 August 1858
- Where
- Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
The papers were published in August 1858, constituting the first announcement of the Darwin–Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection.
The article appeared in print on 20 August 1858 in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. It included a communication letter by Hooker and Lyell dated 30 June 1858, describing the three sections of the papers and the authors' investigations.
Sources
- On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-02
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