The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life |
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... habits , voice , constitution , and structure of the humped Indian cattle , it is almost certain that they are descended from a different aboriginal stock from our European cattle ; and some competent judges believe that these latter ...
... habits , voice , constitution , and structure of the humped Indian cattle , it is almost certain that they are descended from a different aboriginal stock from our European cattle ; and some competent judges believe that these latter ...
Page 27
... habits with the domestic breeds , has not been exterminated even on several of the smaller British islets , or on the shores of the Mediterranean . Hence the supposed extermination of so many species having similar habits with the rock ...
... habits with the domestic breeds , has not been exterminated even on several of the smaller British islets , or on the shores of the Mediterranean . Hence the supposed extermination of so many species having similar habits with the rock ...
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... habits and in a great number of points of structure with all the domestic breeds . Secondly , that , although an English carrier or a short - faced tumbler differs immensely in certain characters from the rock - pigeon , yet that , by ...
... habits and in a great number of points of structure with all the domestic breeds . Secondly , that , although an English carrier or a short - faced tumbler differs immensely in certain characters from the rock - pigeon , yet that , by ...
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... members of the same genus or class having nearly similar habits of life . With respect to the number of individuals or commonness of species , the comparison of course relates only to the CHAP . II . ] DOMINANT SPECIES VARY MOST . 67.
... members of the same genus or class having nearly similar habits of life . With respect to the number of individuals or commonness of species , the comparison of course relates only to the CHAP . II . ] DOMINANT SPECIES VARY MOST . 67.
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... habits , and constitu- tion , that the original proportions of a mixed stock ( crossing being prevented ) could be kept up for half - a- dozen generations , if they were allowed to struggle to- gether , in the same manner as beings in a ...
... habits , and constitu- tion , that the original proportions of a mixed stock ( crossing being prevented ) could be kept up for half - a- dozen generations , if they were allowed to struggle to- gether , in the same manner as beings in a ...
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