EVOLUTION 236

 

READING LIST -- TUESDAY, THURSDAY, 8, 10 SEPTEMBER 2009

CHARLES DARWIN AND ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE: THE IMMUTABLE SPECIES DILEMMA

 

Dodson, E. O. and P. Dodson 1985. Evolution, Process and Product. Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, Boston. Chapter 1: Evolution by Natural Selection: Darwin's Concept, pp. 3-17.

Loewenberg, B. J. 1959. Darwin, Wallace and the Theory of Natural Selection. Arlington Books. The Wallace Essay, pp. 65-80.

Appleman, P. (ed.) 1979. Darwin: A Norton Critical Edition, 2nd ed. W.W. Norton & Company, N.Y. Part II: Selections from Darwin's Work, pp. 35-38 and pp. 47-59.

 

Download this handout that summarizes an important work published by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855 and entitled "On the Law Which has Regulated the Introduction of New Species."

Download this handout of questions pertinent to the reading of the Wallace essay. We will discuss these in class.

Download this handout of questions pertinent to the reading of the Origin of Species. We will discuss these in class.

The following handouts are for fun only: 1) a listing of all books written by Charles Darwin; 2) a listing of Charles and Emma Darwin's children; and 3) names and evolutionary ideas before Charles Darwin.