Question

Alfred Russel Wallace independently arrived at the same conclusions as Darwin while studying the fauna of which region?

Options

• The coasts of South America

• The East Indies

• The Atlantic Ocean islands

• The South Pacific islands

Answer 1

While studying the fauna of the East Indies, Alfred Russel Wallace independently arrived at the same conclusion as Darwin: species evolve from one another through variation and natural selection. The other regions were visited by Darwin himself during his HMS Beagle voyage.