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(A) The $Malay$ $Archipelago$ is a geographical region consisting of a vast group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia. Al

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$A$ group of islands visited by Wallace

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(A) The $Malay$ $Archipelago$ is a geographical region consisting of a vast group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia. Alfred Russel Wallace,a British naturalist,spent several years (from $1854$ to $1862$) exploring this region. His extensive observations of the biodiversity in these islands led him to formulate his independent theory of evolution by natural selection,which he famously presented alongside Charles Darwin. Therefore,the term refers to the geographical location of his field studies.

List-$I$	List-$II$
$(i)$ $65$ million years ago	$(p)$ Sea weeds existed
$(ii)$ $350$ million years ago	$(q)$ Invertebrates formed
$(iii)$ $500$ million years ago	$(r)$ Jawless fish evolved
$(iv)$ $320$ million years ago	$(s)$ Dinosaurs disappeared

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