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The Foundations of the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin and Francis, Sir Darwin
Long before the world-changing book, Darwin sketched his theory in private essays no one was meant to see. These early drafts reveal natural selection taking shape in his mind, variation by variation, instinct by instinct. A rare and intimate look at the origin of a revolutionary idea. Watch evolution's greatest argument being born on the page.
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87 chapters
- 1THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
- 2THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES TWO ESSAYS WRITTEN IN 1842 AND 1844 by CHARLES DARWIN
- 3CONTENTS
- 4INTRODUCTION
- 5PART I.
- 6§ I. «On Variation under Domestication, and on the Principles of Selection.»
- 7§ II. «On Variation in a State of Nature and on the Natural Means of Selection.»
- 8§ III. «On Variation in instincts and other mental attributes.»
- 9PART II{104}.
- 10§§ IV. V. «On the evidence from Geology.»
- 11«Geographical Distribution.» § VI. Let us consider the absolute state of distribution of organisms of earth's face.
- 12§ VII. «Affinities and Classification.»
- 13§ VIII. Unity [or similarity] of type in the great classes.
- 14§ IX. «Abortive organs.»
- 15§ X. Recapitulation and conclusion.
- 16Conclusion.
- 17THE ESSAY OF 1844
- 18PART I CHAPTER I ON THE VARIATION OF ORGANIC BEINGS UNDER DOMESTICATION; AND ON THE PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION
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