1. Alfred Russel Wallace ( ) “A prisoner of scientific parentheses, as in, "the theory of evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin (and also by Alfred Russel Wallace).”’

2. Exploration of the Amazon (1848-1852)
Wallace primary goal was to collect specimens.
Interested in studying “biological evolution”, an idea introduced by Robert Chambers in “The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation”
On his way back to England, Wallace’s boat caught fire and sank; taking with it the majority of Wallace’s work in the Amazon.
Wallace and his crew rescued by a passing cargo ship. Journey across the Atlantic took nearly three months.

3. Travel in the East Indies (1854-1862)
Malay Archipelago: modern day Malaysia and Indonesia
Traveled almost 14,000 miles on a number of expeditions in the region; visited every island in the archipelago at least once.
Collected over 125,000 specimens, including around a thousand that had never been discovered before.

4. Wallace’s Flying Frog

5. Discoveries Founder of biogeography
Recognized the six great biogeographical regions on Earth.
“Wallace Line”: imaginary line separating Asia and Australia

7. Mapping out Wallace’s Journey
Draw boundary lines on the map to include all locations where specimens of that animal have been found
Use different colors to distinguish the lines for each order

10. Mapping out Wallace’s Journey
Draw boundary lines on the map to include all locations where specimens of that animal have been found
Use different colors to distinguish the lines for each order

11. The Wallace Line
How did all the fauna (animals) get to their locations? Did they swim?? No! Let’s look at how sea level and continents have changed over time Remember – this all happened before we understood plate tectonics and continental drift!

12. The Wallace Line
Plate Tectonics and the Wallace Line Sea Level and the Wallace Line

13. Darwin and Wallace's Line
Origin of Species The Making of the Theory of Natural Selection
On the back of your map, take notes for Darwin and Wallace
Wallace Darwin

14. Conclusion Questions Use your map and the notes from the video
Question #5 is a challenge
When finished, staple together and place in the bin for your class period