The Origin of Species (1st edition, 1859)
Full Title: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural
Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
by Charles Darwin
- Preface (to the second edition)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication
- Chapter 2: Variation Under Nature
- Chapter 3: Struggle for Existence
- Chapter 4: Natural Selection
- Chapter 5: Laws of Variation
- Chapter 6: Difficulties on Theory
- Chapter 7: Instinct
- Chapter 8: Hybridism
- Chapter 9: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
- Chapter 10: On The Geological Succession of Organic Beings
- Chapter 11: Geographical Distribution
- Chapter 12: Geographical Distribution—continued
- Chapter 13: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs
- Chapter 14: Recapitulation and Conclusion
- Glossary
- Diagram
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