If you haven’t had enough of Wallace and Darwin yet, head on over to the Beagle Project Blog where there is a guest post by George Beccaloni that summarizes Wallace’s involvement in the events that occurred on July 1, 1858. I don’t agree with his hypothesis about why Wallace was forgotten or ignored for a time (it seems that lately there are many more people who ask “But what about Wallace?” if you fail to mention his contributions when discussing natural selection), but it is still a good read.

Also focusing on Wallace, the blog Mystery of Mysteries put up part one of a series on Wallace defending Darwin’s priority in discovering natural selection. Wallace’s deference to Darwin,