Yes it is true. Alfred Russel Wallace was on the other side of the world doing his own independent work and looked to Darwin for advice about his own theories.

Yes it is true. Alfred Russel Wallace was on the other side of the world doing his own independent work and looked to Darwin for advice about his own theories. ARW is a bit of an unsung hero with regard to what he contributed to this part of Biology (at least to those that are not deeply involved in Biology). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#Publication_of_the_theory_of_natural_selection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#Publication_of_...