When the theory of evolution by natural selection was first presented in 1858, authorship was credited to both Charles Darwin and ____.

A. Charles Lyell
B. Alfred Wallace
C. Georges Cuvier
D. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
E. Thomas Malthus


Answer: B

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