Poor Man’s Guide to Evolution: Alfred Russel Wallace | Odd Salon EXPLORE 6/7
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 2018-09-07

This hirsute island-hopping BAMF traveled the world and independently developed the theory of evolution while tripping his face off on dengue fever. …or was it malaria? The secret to his success? Poverty.

Chris Reeves ~ Poor Man’s Guide to Evolution: Alfred Russel Wallace

Odd Salon EXPLORE: Stories of investigators and travelers, of restless adventurers and inquisitive minds on the threshold of discovery.

Recorded live 9/4/2018 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Casey Selden
Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams
Sound: Steen
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