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- 1. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.
- 2. a kind or sort: "a species of invective at once tough and suave"
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On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.
- Charles Darwin
- 1859
- VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION. Causes of Variability. Effects of Habit. Correlation of Growth. Inheritance. Character of Domestic Varieties. Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties and Species.
- VARIATION UNDER NATURE. Variability. Individual differences. Doubtful species. Wide ranging, much diffused, and common species vary most. Species of the larger genera in any country vary more than the species of the smaller genera.
- STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. Bears on natural selection. The term used in a wide sense. Geometrical powers of increase. Rapid increase of naturalised animals and plants.
- NATURAL SELECTION. Natural Selection: its power compared with man’s selection, its power on characters of trifling importance, its power at all ages and on both sexes.
May 29, 2024 · Darwin hastily began an “abstract” of Natural Selection, which grew into a more-accessible book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
- Adrian J. Desmond
The largest collection of surviving pages of the draft of Origin of species are also in Darwin Online, see the introduction to the Origin drafts by John van Wyhe. This is the first edition of Darwin's most famous work and one of the most influential books in history. It was published on 24 November 1859. A PDF version is here.
Dec 1, 1999 · The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Harvard Classics. In Biology. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, published in 1859, brought order to the world of organisms. A similar unification at the microscopic level had been brought about by the cell…. Read More. evolution.
In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. His insistence on the immense length of the past and on the abundance of life-forms, present and extinct, dislodged man from his central position in creation and called into question the role of the Creator.
