On the Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published. This unabridged edition also includes a rich selection of primary source material: substantial selections from Darwin’s other works (Autobiography, notebooks, letters, Voyage of the Beagle, and The Descent of Man) and selections from Darwin’s sources and contemporaries (excerpts from Genesis, Paley, Lamarck, Spencer, Lyell, Malthus, Huxley, and Wallace). |
Contents
Recommendations for Further Reading | |
Works Cited and Source Texts | |
A Brief Chronology | |
An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on | |
Text | |
From The Autobiography of Charles Darwin | |
From Voyage of the Beagle Excerpts from Journal | |
Letters | |
Thomas Henry Huxley on the Historical Situation of | |
From The Descent of Man and Selection | |
Contextual Materials | |
Wallace On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart | |
From Darwins Notebooks | |
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