The origin of species by means of natural selection of the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

States the evidence for a theory of evolution, explains how evolution takes place, and discusses instinct, hybridism, fossils, distribution and classification.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : New American Library, 2003.
Series:Signet classics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Variation under domestication
  • Variation under nature
  • Struggle for existence
  • Natural selection; or The survival of the fittest
  • Laws of variation
  • Difficulties of the theory
  • Miscellaneous objections to the theory of natural selection
  • Instinct
  • Hybridism
  • On the imperfection of the geological record
  • On the geological succession of organic beings
  • Geographical distribution
  • Geographical distribution, continued
  • Mutual affinities of organic beings : morphology, embryology, rudimentary organs
  • Recapitulation and conclusion.