What makes Alfred Wallace an important figure in evolutionary biology?     He independently realized that evolution happens and also worked out natural selection as a mechanism to explain it     He discovered where new variations come from     He discovered evolutionary drift     He helped to figure out how heritability works

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What makes Alfred Wallace an important figure in evolutionary biology?

   

He independently realized that evolution happens and also worked out natural selection as a mechanism to explain it

   

He discovered where new variations come from

   

He discovered evolutionary drift

   

He helped to figure out how heritability works

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