Among Cannibals: How Wallace Was Darwin's Brain. When Alfred Russel Wallace set foot on a ship in 1854 to explore Papua New Guinea, he could not imagine that would spend 8 years abroad. He collected 125,000 animals exhibits and survived by...See moreAmong Cannibals: How Wallace Was Darwin's Brain. When Alfred Russel Wallace set foot on a ship in 1854 to explore Papua New Guinea, he could not imagine that would spend 8 years abroad. He collected 125,000 animals exhibits and survived by selling butterfly collections and stuffed orangutans to European museums. Wallace had not the support of a university or had generous research budgets, that could finance the adventurous expedition of the self-made scientist.
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