Darwin’s book was the culmination of evidence he had accumulated on the voyage of the Beagle in the 1830s and added to through continuing investigations and experiments since his return. It was controversial because it contradicted religious beliefs which underlay the then current theories of biology. It introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It also pushed him to finish his book, On the Origin of. Wallace’s paper not only confirmed Darwin’s ideas. In fact, he thought that if a species changed enough, it might evolve into a new species. He inferred that natural selection could also change species over time. The book’s full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Darwin knew artificial selection could change domestic species over time. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Origin of Species by Means of Natural SelectionĬharles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ.
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