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charles darwin and alfred russel wallace worked independently to explain how and why evolutionary changes occur, eventually leading to the explanation of the mechanism called

natural selection

naturalism

mutations

inheritance of acquired characteristics

Explanation:

Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently developed the theory of natural selection. Natural selection is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. Naturalism is a philosophical approach. Mutations are changes in DNA but not the overall mechanism explained by Darwin and Wallace. Inheritance of acquired characteristics was a theory by Lamarck, not Darwin and Wallace.

Answer:

natural selection