Clarification of Darwinism

Scientists at the National University of Singapore have found evidence that Charles Darwin did not steal the idea of ​​evolution theory, as allegedly by historians more than 40 years ago.

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Naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace have studied and discovered natural selection theory completely independently. However, they collaborated to publish the theory in July 1858, after Darwin received Wallace's essay two weeks ago.

Charles Darwin

However, some historians doubt Darwin had "directed" Wallace's idea. They accused Darwin of receiving Wallace's essay two weeks earlier than when he announced receiving Wallace's letter. During this two-week period, Darwin could revise his theory of evolution according to Wallace's theory.

The doubts of historians began in 1972, after a researcher discovered another Wallace letter to a friend, on a steamship departing from Ternate Island (Indonesia) in March. 1858.

The postmark from Singapore and London on this letter showed that it arrived in London on June 3, 1858 - two weeks before Darwin said he received Wallace's essay.

Historians cannot explain why two letters were sent on the same train and to the same location (London), but Darwin received a letter two weeks later than the other. This mystery raises many suspicious hypotheses - including accusations of Darwin stealing ideas from Wallace's essay.

To clarify this suspicion, scientists from the National University of Singapore reverse the journey of letters 154 years ago. They found evidence that Darwin could receive Wallace's letter on June 18, 1858 as he announced.

Dr. John van Wyhe, a member of the research team, said on the Daily Mail: 'The evidence we found that Darwin could receive the letter on June 18, 1858. If Darwin receives a letter on the 18th, he will have to go to his house on the outskirts of London (England) on the 17th. "

Meanwhile, Dr. John van Wyhe and his colleagues found that the steamship departing from the island of Ternate (Indonesia) arrived in London on June 16, 1858 and Wallace's letter to Darwin was certain. this ship. Therefore, the letter could not arrive at Darwin's home on June 3, 1858 as the previous reasoning.