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An edition of On the origin of species by means of natural selection (1859)

The Harvard Classics: Volume 11 - The Origin of Species

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Charles Darwin's seminal work laying the foundations for the principles of evolutionary biology via natural selection, based on evidence that he collected during his expedition on HMS Beagle in the 1830s.

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P.F. Collier & son
Language
English
Pages
361

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Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Evolución, great_books_of_the_western_world, Natural selection, Nonfiction, Classic Literature, open_syllabus_project, Origin, Heredity, Man, Biological Evolution, Genetic Selection, Human evolution, Evolución (Biología), Selección natural, Human beings, Origin of species, SCIENCE, Life Sciences, Évolution, Literature, Collections, Obras Gerais

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Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

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On the Origin of Species
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The origin of species
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The Harvard Classics: Volume 11 - The Origin of Species
1937, P.F. Collier & son
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The origin of species
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The origin of species by means of natural selection: or, the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life
1915, D. Appleton and company
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Origin of Species
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Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction
Page 5
An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species
Page 9
Introduction
Page 19
Chapter I. Variation Under Domestication
Page 23
Chapter II. Variation Under Nature
Page 54
Chapter III. Struggle for Existence
Page 71
Chapter IV. Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest
Page 87
Chapter V. Laws of Variation
Page 138
Chapter VI. Difficulties of the Theory
Page 169
Chapter VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection
Page 209
Chapter VIII. Instinct
Page 251
Chapter IX. Hybridism
Page 285
Chapter X. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
Page 319
Chapter XI. On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings
Page 349
Chapter XII. Geographical Distribution
Page 378
Chapter XIII. Geographical Distribution-Continued
Page 409
Chapter XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology-Embryology-Rudimentary Organs
Page 431
Chapter XV. Recapitulation And Conclusion
Page 478
Glossary
Page 507
Index
Page 517

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