Robert Clarkのインスタグラム(robertclarkphoto) - 2月7日 03時28分

n 2008 I was able to work on a story for the @ナショナルジオグラフィック, Call "The Man Who Wasn't Darwin" It was a large article about #AlfredRusselWallace, the greatest field biologist in history.
Wallace worked in #Bali, #Lompack and the Mala archipeligo as a commercial specimen collector, (buying specimens for home display in Victorian times, before Natural History Museums, was the way that the population was exposed to animals from other parts of the world). Among those species was the the Asian-African #Barbet. The above study skin has tags written in his hand, and were photographed at the #SmithsonianMuseum in Washington D.C.
In the mid-19th century, Wallace discovered a mysterious line that separated two different faunal universes. This line separated marsupials from tigers, and honeyeaters and cockatoos from barbets and trogons. It became known as the Wallace Line and it is the most famous and most discussed #biogeographical boundary in the world. This line is the narrow strait between Bali and Lombok.
Ending in April 1862, Wallace trekked the Malay Archipelago, today's #Indonesia, situated on the equator, this area of 13,000 islands displayed an unheard-of, wonderful variety of species.
The problem for this father of #biogeography was that the theory of evolution had not yet been discovered. But Wallace was onto it. In 1854 he wrote a paper that became known as the Sarawak Law, which said, that a new species came into existence close to a pre-existing closely related species.
At this time, virtually all scientists accepted the traditional Christian concept of a Creator God. The Bible was regarded as a literal explanation, a real account of the origins of the natural world. Myth was fact. Wallace went on to help write what became know as the #TheoryOfNaturalSlection with #CharlesDarwin.
The #SongoftheDodo written by my friend, #DavidQuammen, is a beautify written account of Wallace's travels in the Mala Archipeligo. #Darwin

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