Are Individually Acquired Characters Inherited?

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1893 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''Are Individually Acquired Characters Inherited?'' is an essay that discusses the important question of whether traits acquired during an organism''s life are passed on to the next generation. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the vi...