On the Origin of Species (1st ed.)
Charles Darwin · 1859
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Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in London in 1859. The first edition states his case as he first made it, before six rounds of change. He argues that all life forms descend, with changes, from shared ancestors.
Darwin shows how breeders shape pigeons and stock by picking traits. Nature, he says, does the same work far more slowly. Species that fit their place live and breed, and the rest die out. Few books have changed science, or thought about life, our place in it, so much. He had stacked facts from farms, pigeons, and wild shores.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Charles Darwin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1859 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 952534 |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |
Source: https://archive.org/details/onoriginofspecie1859darw