... lower individual health (Williams & Collins, 2001; Sudano et al., 2013), infant mortality (Bell et al., 2006; Hearst, Oakes, & Johnson, 2008), obesity (Chang, 2006), hypertension (Kershaw, Albrecht, & Carnethon, 2011), breast cancer (Russell et al., 2012) and sexually transmitted diseases (Biello et al., 2012; Biello, 2013). Health consequences have become a serious concern as contributors to the rising health care cost. Racial residential segregation ... ...

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... publish a book on Darwin's theories of evolution, he finally began to write his theory of evolution by natural selection, but before he had finished, he received a paper from naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace outlining a theory similar to his own. Friends arranged for the two men to present a join paper before the Linnaean Society of London in 1858. On Nov. 24, 1859, an ... ...

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... so considerable that evolution is often referred to as the Darwinian theory. Darwin, however, owed much to his many predecessors and to his contemporaries. Among them the British biologist Alfred Russell Wallace, who independently and almost simultaneously arrived at the idea of natural selection for which Darwin is often given credit. Darwin's basic theory remains today a fundamental part of the evolutionary ... ...

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... and happy life together. In 1858, after working 20 years on his theory, Darwin received a package containing an outline of a theory nearly identical to his own but written by Alfred Russell. Although both men are credited with the theory of natural selection, priority for the idea of natural selection cannot be denied to Darwin, as he had recorded his ideas to ... ...

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