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The idea of 'Natural selection' as the fundamental process of evolutionary change was reached
  1. independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace in 1990
  2. by Charles Darwin in 1866
  3. by Alred Russell Wallace in 1901
  4. independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859

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independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace in 1990
B
by Charles Darwin in 1866
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independently by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859
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by Alred Russell Wallace in 1901
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