Darwin a Plagiarist?

Mail-boat record 'proves Darwin stole his original ideas from a Welsh scientist’: 'Professor Gaastra’s great contribution was that he was able to show that two crucial letters written by [Alfred Russel] Wallace between October 1856 and March 1858 arrived in Britain long before Darwin admitted they had. Wallace’s ideas appeared in Darwin’s work soon afterwards.'

Darwin 'ripped off' theory of evolution: According to author Roy Davies, former head of factual programming for BBC Wales, new evidence demonstrates that Charles Darwin stole his theory of evolution from a Welsh scientist working in Indonesia.

The Darwin Conspiracy: Origins of a Scientific Crime:

[The book] examines how Darwin struggled for years in scientific dead-ends until he was presented with the solution to the greatest scientific puzzle of his day by a naïve naturalist collecting beetles in a tropical jungle. So began the conspiracy by which eminent scientists promoted the ideas of Darwin ahead of those of Wallace in order to achieve ever-lasting fame for their greatest friend. Using extensive research about contemporary shipping time tables and Darwin's own correspondence, the author challenges the commonly-held belief that Darwin scored a scientific breakthrough when in reality he used another man's insights for his own benefit, and committed one of the greatest scientific crimes in history. [This book] is a true story about deceit and deception and stands as an outstanding metaphor for the idea of survival of the fittest.

The Alfred Russel Wallace Memorial Fund: 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the Darwin and Wallace’s discovery of natural selection, yet although this is probably the most important anniversary in the field of biology (and beyond), we are aware of very few events planned to mark this momentous occasion!