Darwin Publishes Natural Selection: A Theory Transforms Biology
Alfred Russel Wallace sends Charles Darwin a manuscript outlining natural selection, pushing the reluctant scientist to finally share his decades of work with the world. This urgent exchange triggers the joint presentation of their theories at the Linnean Society and ensures *On the Origin of Species* reaches publication later that year.
June 18, 1858
168 years ago
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