![]() ![]() This “abstract,” as he called it, was published in 1859. After publishing Wallace’s essay in a paper that included his own ideas, Darwin was compelled to respond quickly by writing a shorter book than the one he had been working on. As Darwin was writing a large book compiling evidence for his argument, he received an essay from Alfred Russel Wallace who also described natural selection. He first called this his “transmutation theory.” After further reading and observation, he devised the phrase “natural selection” to describe the process whereby the species best suited to their environment survived, producing young that were similarly adapted to their surroundings. Instead, he thought they changed over long periods of time into new forms. ![]() In the late 1830s Darwin became increasingly convinced that species were not immutable. Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences, or consider using the latest version of Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Internet Explorer, or Safari. Attention: Your web browser currently has JavaScript disabled or does not support JavaScript, so this website will NOT function and/or display as intended. ![]()
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