Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Wallace’s Line

Imprecise boundary between the Philippines and the Moluccas, Sulawesi and Borneo, Bali and Lombok, and other points north and east; transition zone that divides the Oriental fauna from the Australian fauna.

See Sunda trench.

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Wallace, Alfred Russel (Welsh field naturalist and correspondent with several scientists including Bates and Darwin. ...)
Weber’s line (... between Wallace’s line and the boundary of ...)
Wallace effect (... competition for resources. Aka Wallace’s hypothesis.)
medial line or plane (... ; aka midsagittal plane, mid-line, or median line or plane.)
temporal line (Faint anterior-to-posterior marking of bone extending along the frontal and parietal bones; ...)