Download or read book Just Before the Origin written by John Langdon Brooks and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1984 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just Before the Origin presents the theory of evolution through natural selection as it was developed by Russel Wallace and published in several essays written from 1848 through 1858, before Darwin’s Origin of the Species in 1889. And yet, Russel Wallace is almost unknown. John Langdon Brooks acts as a scientific detective as he reveals Wallace’s theories and compares the insights of both men in this fascinating study.