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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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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, Long now manual for civilization, Origin of Secies, Sélection naturelle, Espèces, Origine des, Homme, Hérédité, Origines, Évolution (Biologie), Selection (Genetics)

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The origin of species by means of natural selection: or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life
1963, Oxford University Press
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The origin of species by means of natural selection: or the Preservation of favored races in the struggle for life
1929, Book League of America
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The Origin of Species
1909, Collier
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Origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life
1905, P. F. Collier
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The origin of species by means of natural selecti: or, The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life
1904
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1902, John Murray
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The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life
1899, D. Appleton
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The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life
1883, John Murray
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1869, J. Murray
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1866, John Murray
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De l'origine des espèces, ou Des lois de progrès chez les êtres organisés
1862, Guillaumin
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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 21
I. Variation under Domestication
Page 25
II. Variation under Nature
Page 58
III. Struggle for Existence
Page 76
IV. Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest
Page 93
V. Laws of Variation
Page 145
VI. Difficulties of the Theory
Page 178
VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection
Page 219
VIII. Instinct
Page 262
IX. Hybridism
Page 298
X. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
Page 333
XI. On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings
Page 364
XII. Geographical Distribution
Page 395
XIII. Geographical Distribution - continued
Page 427
XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs
Page 450
XV. Recapitulation and Conclusion
Page 499
Glossary
Page 531
Index
Page 541

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The Harvard classics -- v. 11.

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QH365.O

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552p. :
Number of pages
552

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