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Events on Thursday 1 July 1858 1
1858Darwin and Wallace present natural selection to the Linnean SocietyJoint paper outlines the theory of evolution by natural selectionPapers by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, describing evolution driven by natural selection, were read together at a meeting of the Linnean Society in London. Neither naturalist attended the reading in person. The presentation preceded Darwin's fuller treatment of the theory in On the Origin of Species the following year.