On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeThis is the 'second edition' of Darwin's Origin of Species. |
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Page 178
Secondly, areas now continuous must often have existed within the recent period
in isolated portions, in which many forms, more especially amongst the classes
which unite for each birth and wander much, may have separately been ...
Secondly, areas now continuous must often have existed within the recent period
in isolated portions, in which many forms, more especially amongst the classes
which unite for each birth and wander much, may have separately been ...
Page 203
Closely allied species, now living on a continuous area, must often have been
formed when the area was not continuous, and when the conditions of life did not
insensibly graduate away from one part to another. When two varieties are
formed ...
Closely allied species, now living on a continuous area, must often have been
formed when the area was not continuous, and when the conditions of life did not
insensibly graduate away from one part to another. When two varieties are
formed ...
Page 279
I assigned reasons why such links do not commonly occur at the present day,
under the circumstances apparently most favourable for their presence, namely
on an extensive and continuous area with graduated physical conditions.
I assigned reasons why such links do not commonly occur at the present day,
under the circumstances apparently most favourable for their presence, namely
on an extensive and continuous area with graduated physical conditions.
Page 342
... and during the latter the record will have been least perfectly kept; that each
single formation has not been continuously deposited ; that the duration of each
formation is, perhaps, short compared with the average duration of specific forms;
...
... and during the latter the record will have been least perfectly kept; that each
single formation has not been continuously deposited ; that the duration of each
formation is, perhaps, short compared with the average duration of specific forms;
...
Page 346
The case of America alone would almost suffice to prove its truth: for if we
exclude the northern parts where the circumpolar land is almost continuous, all
authors agree that one of the most fundamental divisions in geographical
distribution is ...
The case of America alone would almost suffice to prove its truth: for if we
exclude the northern parts where the circumpolar land is almost continuous, all
authors agree that one of the most fundamental divisions in geographical
distribution is ...
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| Title | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life |
| Author | Charles Darwin |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1860 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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