@sylmobile @damonyoung 1877, this is an original lecture presented to the Royal Geographic Society by Alfred Wallace on "The Comparative Antiquity of Continents, as indicated by the Distribution of Living and Extinct Animals"
It's actually a pretty good read!
#Science #Sciencestodon #AlfredRusselWallace

Good grief, this is quite the story.
I'd always considered #FlyTying a fairly harmless past time bit this #podcast is pretty eye-opening.
What can you say about a hobby directly endangering exotic #birds ?

Not to mention the loss to #Science of the damage to the #AlfredRusselWallace #BirdOfParadise collection..

#ThisAmericanLife: 654: The Feather Heist

Episode webpage: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist

Media file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/8DB4DB/pdst.fm/e/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/bbbcc290-ed3b-44a2-8e5d-5513e38cfe20/episodes/5c3559be-a3d5-42bd-83c5-2b010b1e94b0/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=bbbcc290-ed3b-44a2-8e5d-5513e38cfe20&awEpisodeId=5c3559be-a3d5-42bd-83c5-2b010b1e94b0

Alfred Russel Wallace’s first expedition ended in flames
"Without money or connections, Wallace and Bates aspired to careers in science at a time when the field was the preserve of the moneyed elite. They would have to fund their scientific explorations by collecting and selling specimens."
#AlfredRusselWallace #HistSTM #HistSci #CharlesDarwin
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04507-5

Happy 200th birthday Alfred Russel Wallace! I hope we will see some commemoration of you and your contribution to science this year.

https://biography.wales/article/s6-WALL-RUS-1823#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=388&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F5813751%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=532%2C720%2C1340%2C1156

#AlfredRusselWallace #Evolution #Wales #Usk #Gwent

08-Jan: Today is the 200th birthday of the man who, independently of Darwin, also arrived at the idea of natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace. To mark the occasion, a new post about the two men’s friendship: http://friendsofdarwin.com/articles/darwin-wallace-friendship/ #HistSci #Histodons #CharlesDarwin #AlfredRusselWallace

Last, but not least, today I'm remembering British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), who was also(!) an explorer, collector, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator, on the anniversary of his death. 🍃 #alfredrusselwallace #naturalhistory #evolution

‘Tired of medals’: new letters reveal how #AlfredRusselWallace shunned #CharlesDarwin's fame | #Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/14/tired-of-medals-new-letters-reveal-how-alfred-russel-wallace-shunned-darwins-fame

#History #Evolution