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Matt Hodgkinson Aug 22, 2025

Darwin and Wallace's original papers to the Linnean Society (published 1858) are fascinating reads, showing how they each developed the concept of natural selection. The foreword by Lyell and Hooker makes clear that Darwin was very reluctant to publish!

Both mention artificial selection, but Wallace uses the tendency of domesticated animals to "return to type" in the wild - seen at the time as some sort of stabilising force against change - to bolster the idea of natural selection.

On the tendency of species to form varieties; and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 3:45-62, 1858-9
https://archive.org/details/darwin-wallace-1858-journalofproceed-00linn/mode/1up?view=theater

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On the tendency of species to form varieties. : Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

On the tendency of species to form varieties; and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection. Published in Journal of the...

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Domino Joyce Jun 13, 2024

Corydoras becomes several new genera, in this comprehensive morphological and genomic overview, with taxonomic key.

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae053

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Phylogenomic analyses in the complex Neotropical subfamily Corydoradinae (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with a new classification based on morphological and molecular data

Abstract. The family Callichthyidae, which comprises the subfamilies Corydoradinae and Callichthyinae, represents one of the largest families within the Si

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✧ William T. Stearn ✧

William T. Stearn (16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001) was a British botanist. Born in Cambridge, he was largely self-educated. He was head librarian at the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library in London from 1933 to 1952, and then moved to the Natural History Museum where he was a...

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Dr Steven Allain Jul 14, 2023

In February, I was lucky enough to attend a Fellows only event at the Linnean Society of London celebrating the Society being present at Burlington House for 150 years, which also included a special unveiling. #SciFri #LinneanSociety #BurlingtonHouse
http://stevenallain.co.uk/Blog/scifri-the-linnean-society-at-burlington-house-for-150-years/

#SciFri: 150 years of the Linnean Society at Burlington House

Back in February, I was lucky enough to attend a Fellows only event at Burlington House to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Linnean Society of London being based there. I’ve been to a…

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Ian Hunt May 3, 2023

Extinct: Empire, Art and Natural Histories -- one day symposium at the Linnean Society, London, organised with them by Emilia Terracciano, Univ Manchester. Friday 9 June, 10.00-18.00. My colleague Ros Gray at G•ldsmiths and lots of other good folk are taking part. #Empire #LinneanSociety #Extinction #NaturalHistory https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-extinct-empire-art-and-natural-histories-tickets-600412167957

Symposium | Extinct: Empire, Art and Natural Histories

A symposium by the Linnean Society and Dr Emilia Terracciano (University of Manchester) with the generous support of the Paul Mellon Centre.

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Nigel Hawtin Dec 5, 2022

Everybody should #doodle possible self-portrait of Linnaeus found in his lecture notes #LinneanSociety https://www.linnean.org/

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