Which scientific concept did Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace independently discover?

a. mutation

b. natural selection

c. overbreeding

d. sexual reproduction

Answer: Option B.

Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace independently discover theory of Natural selection.

Explanation:

Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace independently discovered the concept of Natural selection although they viewed the natural selection differently.

Alfred Wallace was a naturalist who independently discover the theory of natural selection and He viewed natural selection to focus on the benefit of individual as a group.

Charles Darwin was an English naturalist that proposed the theory of natural selection. He viewed natural selection to focus on individual's benefit. Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace come together to produced scientific journals in 1858 and this prompted Darwin to publish a book on origin of species in 1859.