If Alfred Russell Wallace (1823- 1913) is thought of at all, he is an after-thought to his far more famous counterpart Charles Darwin and the theory of natural selection. However,he has also had an impact in other fields. Today, we’ll be exploring the Wallace Line and Wallace’s contribution to zoogeography.
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