Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

by Charles Darwin

28 chapters24h 22mEnglish1859

About this book

Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology. The book’s full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. It introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It was controversial because it contradicted religious beliefs which underlay the then current theories of biology. Darwin’s book was the culmination of evidence he had accumulated on the voyage of the Beagle in the 1830s and added to through continuing investigations and experiments since his return. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Chapters (28)

1Variation Under Domestication - Part 1

2963

2Variation Under Domestication - Part 2

3466

3Variation Under Nature

3229

4Struggle for Existence

2337

5Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest – Part 1

3390

6Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest – Part 2

3315

7Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest – Part 3

3509

8Laws of Variation

5999

9Difficulties of the Theory – Part 1

2849

10Difficulties of the Theory – Part 2

3231

11Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection – Part 1

3582

12Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection – Part 2

3640

13Instinct - Part 1

2406

14Instinct - Part 2

1989

15Instinct - Part 3

1234

16Hybridism - Part 1

2564

17Hybridism - Part 2

3430

18On the Imperfection of the Geological Record – Part 1

1908

19On the Imperfection of the Geological Record – Part 2

2492

20On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings – Part 1

2638

21On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings – Part 2

3073

22Geographical Distribution – Part 1

2860

23Geographical Distribution – Part 2

2430

24Geographical Distribution – Continued

3676

25Mutual Affinities of Organic beings – Part 1

3002

26Mutual Affinities of Organic beings – Part 2

4773

27Recapitulation and Conclusion

5069

28Glossary of Terms

2703

Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

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