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It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them.


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Author Bio


  • NameAlfred Russel Wallace
  • DescriptionBritish naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist
  • AliasesWallace; Alfred R. Wallace
  • BornJanuary 8, 1823
  • DiedNovember 7, 1913
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionMathematician; Biologist; Explorer; Anthropologist; Author; Zoologist; Naturalist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society; Order Of Merit; Copley Medal; Royal Medal