We’re exploring the epic life of Alfred Russel Wallace; adventurer, naturalist and co-discoverer of natural selection. Biologist and author, Jim Costa, recounts the life of this often forgotten founding father of evolution.

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This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page.

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