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Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection, which prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own ideas in On the Origin of Species. Wallace did extensive fieldwork, first in the Amazon River basin and then in the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the Wallace Line that divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts: a western portion in which the animals are largely of Asian origin, and an eastern portion where the fauna reflect Australasia. (from wikipedia.org)

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Episode 1: Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero - Wallace in Borneo
Bill Bailey meets wildlife in Borneo and Indonesia to tell the story of Darwin's rival Wallace. In this episode Bill meets orangutans and flying frogs in his journey through Borneo.

Episode 2: Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero - Wallace in the Spice Islands
Bill Bailey meets wildlife in Borneo and Indonesia to tell the story of Darwin's rival Wallace. In this episode Bill meets birds of paradise, as he reveals how Wallace cracked evolution.