Experts have criticised Charles Darwin for plagiarism and unjustly claiming credit as the father of evolutionary theory.
Experts have criticised Charles Darwin for plagiarism and unjustly claiming credit as the father of evolutionary theory.
As the scientific world prepares to mark bicentenary of the author of 'On the Origin of Species', a group of critics has commissioned computer experts with specialized anti-plagiarism software to scour Darwin's book, published in 1859, for similarities to a paper released the year before by Alfred Russel Wallace, a naturalist who worked for eight years in modern Indonesia.
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As far as the dispute over who deserves the credit is concerned, it is as old as evolutionary theory itself, with Darwin's defenders claiming the two came up with similar ideas independently at the same time, reports TimesOnline.
According to James Moore, a biographer and professor of the history of science at the Open University, the new plagiarism claim is "manufactured."
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"The descent of Wallace from equality to relative invisibility is the direct result of the unlawful conduct of Charles Darwin by suppressing the true worth of Wallace as the author of the theory," Hallmark said.
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Hallmark plans to submit his findings to the International Association of Forensic Linguists in Amsterdam in July.
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