On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

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The Origin of Species is an extended argument for the belief that species that are now living were not created independently by God, but evolved from other, past species through the process of natural selection. The text of the book is divided into two purposes: first, explaining what natural selection is and how it could produce species; second, responding to the objections of those who do not agree with it.

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On the Origin of Species

5,613 words, approx. 19 pages

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin The most influential scientific writer of the nineteenth century, Charles Robert Darwin (1809-82) sought a quiet life in rural Kent, where he was nonethel... Read more

On the Origin of Species

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On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

159,312 words, approx. 532 pages

CHAPTER 6.  DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY. Difficulties on the theory of descent with modification.  Transitions.  Absence or rarity of transitional varieties.  Transitions in habits of l... Read more

Charles Darwin Biographies (8)

Charles Darwin

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Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), the grandfather of Charles Darwin, achieved fame as a physician and notoriety as a popularizer of evolutionary biology in such poems as "The Botanic Garden," "Zoonomia," "... Read more

Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin's most famous work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859), established the scientific basis for ... Read more

Charles Darwin

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One of the most influential scientists of the nineteenth century, Darwin is best known for establishing the theory of organic evolution by natural selection.Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, the... Read more

Charles Darwin

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Charles Robert Darwin

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The English naturalist Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) discovered that natural selection was the agent for the transmutation of organisms during evolution, as did Alfred Russel Wallace independently... Read more

Charles Robert Darwin

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Charles Robert Darwin

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Charles Robert Darwin is credited with popularizing the concept of organic evolution by means of natural selection. Though Darwin was not the first naturalist to propose a model of biological evolutio... Read more

Charles Robert Darwin

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Critical Essay by Linda S. Bergmann

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Darwins Theory of Common Descent

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Darwin's theory of Common Descent says that all animals originated from an early descendent. This theory is more clearly explained through the tree of life. The very first organism within a certain ... Read more

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