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Difference |
Wallace |
Darwin |
family background & class |
middle class, working |
wealthy elite, income from estate farm |
collections |
10,000 specimens from Amazon; 125,000 from Malay; over 1,000 new species |
5,430 specimens |
species in focus |
collected widely in nature |
studied especially domesticated animal breeds |
field observations |
focused on groups |
focused on individuals |
relationship with native cultures |
peers who helped him hunt, collect, travel |
mostly hired as assistants, or as "curiosities" |
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