On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection Or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for LifeCosimo, Inc., 1 мар. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 328 On the Origin of Species, published in 1859, is widely accepted as the seminal work in modern biology. Through careful observation, Charles Darwin explains how traits can be selected for within a population. This is easily observed in the artificial selection of farm animals, for instance. Darwin's theory caused an uproar that can still be heard today by refuting the Christian doctrine of created breeds, in which all species that exist now have always existed just as they are. It is the very publication of this work that gave Charles Darwin his place of prominence in the history of the theory of evolution, because while he was not the first to suggest such a mechanism, his book and its exhaustive studies made the information widely available. English scientist, naturalist, and geologist CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882) revolutionized science, especially biology, with his theory of evolution through natural selection. As a passenger aboard the Beagle, Darwin became intrigued by the existence of different species in different geographical locations, which aided in the development of his theory. In addition to The Origin of Species, he is also remembered for The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. |
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... fact were found more strictly and generally true than seems to me to be the case , what does it show , but that some of ... facts communicated to me by Mr. Blyth , on the habits , voice , and constitution , etc. , of the humped Indian ...
... fact were found more strictly and generally true than seems to me to be the case , what does it show , but that some of ... facts communicated to me by Mr. Blyth , on the habits , voice , and constitution , etc. , of the humped Indian ...
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... facts in regard to the colouring of pigeons well deserve consid- eration . The rock - pigeon is of a slaty - blue , and has a white rump ( the Indian sub - species , C. intermedia of Strickland , having it bluish ) ; the tail has a ...
... facts in regard to the colouring of pigeons well deserve consid- eration . The rock - pigeon is of a slaty - blue , and has a white rump ( the Indian sub - species , C. intermedia of Strickland , having it bluish ) ; the tail has a ...
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... facts do not show actual selection , but they show that the breeding of domestic ani- mals was carefully attended to in ancient times , and is now attended to by the lowest savages . It would , indeed , have been a strange fact , had ...
... facts do not show actual selection , but they show that the breeding of domestic ani- mals was carefully attended to in ancient times , and is now attended to by the lowest savages . It would , indeed , have been a strange fact , had ...
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... facts should be given ; but these I shall reserve for my future work . Nor shall I here discuss the various definitions which have been given of the term species . No one definition has as yet satisfied all naturalists ; yet every ...
... facts should be given ; but these I shall reserve for my future work . Nor shall I here discuss the various definitions which have been given of the term species . No one definition has as yet satisfied all naturalists ; yet every ...
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... facts , that parts which must be called important , whether viewed under a physio- logical or classificatory point of view , sometimes vary in the individuals of the same species . I am convinced that the most experienced naturalist ...
... facts , that parts which must be called important , whether viewed under a physio- logical or classificatory point of view , sometimes vary in the individuals of the same species . I am convinced that the most experienced naturalist ...
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CHAPTER V | 83 |
CHAPTER VI | 108 |
CHAPTER VII | 131 |
CHAPTER VIII | 155 |
CHAPTER IX | 176 |
CHAPTER X | 196 |
CHAPTER XI | 217 |
CHAPTER XII | 240 |
CHAPTER XIII | 258 |
CHAPTER XIV | 288 |
INDEX 308318 | 308 |
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Стр. 308 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Стр. 127 - If it could be proved that any part of the structure of any one species had been formed for the exclusive good of another species, it would annihilate my theory, for such could not have been produced through natural selection.
Стр. 120 - If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.
Стр. 2 - When on board HMS Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent.
Стр. 83 - The limbs divided into great branches, and these into lesser and lesser branches, were themselves once, when the tree was...
Стр. 48 - Battle within battle must ever be recurring with varying success ; and yet in the longrun the forces are so nicely balanced, that the face of nature remains uniform for long periods of time, though assuredly the merest trine would often give the victory to one organic being over another.
Стр. 46 - ... as in this one being hurt. So it is when we travel northward, but in a somewhat lesser degree, for the number of species of all kinds, and therefore of competitors, decreases northward ; hence, in going northward or in ascending a mountain, we far oftener meet with stunted forms, due to the directly injurious action of climate, than we do in proceeding southward or in descending a mountain.
Стр. 45 - The action of climate seems at first sight to be quite independent of the struggle for existence ; but in so far as climate chiefly acts in reducing food, it brings on the most severe struggle between the individuals, whether of the same or of distinct species, which subsist on the same kind of food.
Стр. 50 - ... which it comes into competition for food or residence, or from which it has to escape, or on which it preys. This is obvious in the structure of the teeth and talons of the tiger ; and in that of the legs and claws of the parasite which clings to the hair on the tiger's body. But in the beautifully plumed seed of the dandelion, and in the flattened and fringed legs of the water-beetle, the relation seems at first confined to the elements of air and water.
Стр. 308 - Hence we may look with some confidence to a secure future of great length. And as natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress towards perfection.