Retracing the Footsteps of Alfred Wallace in Singapore

[@dr.rikhart2365]

I also think this was a fine video. It does a good job of providing a very quick overview of Wallace's work, which in reality was astounding in its breadth and depth. It does seem to gloss over the closeness of timing of Darwin's and Wallace's independent "discoveries" of evolution and thier collaboration. I would also add that the importance of the flora and fauna of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia (the Malay Archipelago) in contributing to Wallace's conceptualizations cannot be overstated. Having spent a bit of time in these countries myself, I can understand the impact they had on Wallace. The tremendous diversity of life and the overwhelming beauty of these areas is profound. Kudos to the Singapore Ministry of Education for making this film.

[@blaberus1]

Extremely nicely made and well presented video! The only thing I found disappointing is that it wasn't explicitly stated that Wallace jointly published the theory of natural selection with Darwin - they are co-authors of the idea. Their paper was published 15 months before Darwin's "Origin of Species" appeared, and Darwin's book was a long (and important) argument in favour of the theory, but the theory is not his alone.