What is the name of the naturalist whose own ideas about natural selection and evolution spurred Darwin to publicly share his work?

A) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
B) Charles Lyell
C) Robert Fitzroy
D) Alfred Russel Wallace

Natural Selection

The process by which genetic variations that enhance survival and reproduction become more common in successive generations of a population.

Alfred Russel Wallace

A British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist, best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection.

Charles Darwin

A 19th-century naturalist and geologist known for developing the theory of natural selection, significantly contributing to the understanding of evolution.