Given below are two statements. One is labelled Assertion (A) and the other is labelled Reason (R).
Statement I : Alfred Wallace explored the Malay Archipelago aboard H.M.S. Beagle.
Statement II : Both Wallace and de Vries came to similar conclusions with their study around the same time.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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Both statement I and statement II are correct.

Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.

Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect.

Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct.

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Both statement I and statement II are incorrect.

Statement I: Alfred Wallace did not explore the Malay Archipelago aboard H.M.S. Beagle. It was Charles Darwin who explored Galapagos Islands during his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle from 1831 to 1836. Alfred Wallace conducted his exploration of the Malay Archipelago independently in the 1850s and 1860s.

Statement II: Both Wallace and de Vries came to similar conclusions with their study around the same time. This statement is false. While Alfred Wallace and Hugo de Vries were both important figures in the field of evolutionary biology, they did not come to similar conclusions around the same time. Wallace developed his theory of evolution by natural selection independently from Darwin, while de Vries formulated the concept of mutation as a mechanism for evolutionary change, which differed from Wallace's and Darwin's ideas.

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