The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life |
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... admits the truth of the descent and modification of species , and supports this doctrine by many original observations . The first edition of this work was published on No- vember 24th , 1859 , and the second edition on January 7th ...
... admits the truth of the descent and modification of species , and supports this doctrine by many original observations . The first edition of this work was published on No- vember 24th , 1859 , and the second edition on January 7th ...
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... admit that many domestic breeds must have originated in Europe ; for whence otherwise could they have been derived ? So it is in India . Even in the case of the breeds of the domestic dog throughout the world , which I admit are ...
... admit that many domestic breeds must have originated in Europe ; for whence otherwise could they have been derived ? So it is in India . Even in the case of the breeds of the domestic dog throughout the world , which I admit are ...
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... admit the former existence of the most extreme forms , as the Italian greyhound , bloodhound , bull - dog , & c . , in the wild state . Moreover , the possibility of making distinct races by crossing has been greatly exaggerated . Many ...
... admit the former existence of the most extreme forms , as the Italian greyhound , bloodhound , bull - dog , & c . , in the wild state . Moreover , the possibility of making distinct races by crossing has been greatly exaggerated . Many ...
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... admit that many of our domestic races are descended from the same parents - may they not learn a lesson of caution , when they deride the idea of species in a state of nature being lineal descendants of other species ? Principles of ...
... admit that many of our domestic races are descended from the same parents - may they not learn a lesson of caution , when they deride the idea of species in a state of nature being lineal descendants of other species ? Principles of ...
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... admits that out of the 300 species , which will be enumerated in his Prodromus as belonging to the oak family , at least two - thirds are provisional species , that is , are not known strictly to fulfil the definition above given of a ...
... admits that out of the 300 species , which will be enumerated in his Prodromus as belonging to the oak family , at least two - thirds are provisional species , that is , are not known strictly to fulfil the definition above given of a ...
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