On the Origin of Species

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ISBN: 9781551113371 | 1551113376
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Copyright: 4/1/2003

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Charles 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).

Acknowledgments

(2)

Introduction

1. The Classic Status of The Origin of Species

(1)

2. Plan of the Introduction

(1)

3. Darwin's Subject

(7)

4. The Historical Moment of The Origin of Species

(7)

5. Darwin's Intellectual Character

(4)

6. The Lamarckian and Spencerfan Alternative to Darwinism

(7)

7. The Inception and Gestation of Darwin's Theory

(16)

8. Darwin's Evolutionary Psychology

(3)

9. The Nature of the Darwinian Revolution

(7)

10. Recommendations for Further Reading

(5)

11. Works Cited and Source Texts

(7)

Charles Darwin: A Brief Chronology

(3)

A Note on the Text

(1)

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

(348)

An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species

(12)

Contents

(4)

Text

(304)

Glossary of the Principal Scientific Terms Used in the Present Volume

399

(13)

Index

412

(13)

Appendix A: From The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

425

(20)

Appendix B: From Voyage of the Beagle: Excerpts from Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle (1839; 2nd ed. 1845)

445

(20)

Appendix C: From Darwin's Notebooks

465

(4)

Appendix D: From the 1844 Manuscript

469

(6)

1. Francis Darwin's Description of the Manuscript

469

(2)

2. Extract from a Chapter on Natural Selection

471

(4)

Appendix E: Letters

475

(20)

Appendix F: From The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871)

495

(67)

Appendix G: Contextual Materials

562

(68)

1. Creationism and Natural Theology

562

(11)

i. The First Book of Moses called GENESIS

562

(3)

ii. William Paley, from Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, collected from the appearances of nature (1802)

565

(8)

2. Pre-Darwinian Speculations on Evolution: Lamarck and Spencer

573

(22)

i. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, from Zoological Philosophy (1809)

573

(7)

ii. Herbert Spencer

580

(39)

a. From Social Statics (1851)

580

(9)

b. From First Principles (1862)

589

(2)

c. From Principles of Biology (1864), vol. 1, part 3, chapter 12

591

(1)

d. From Autobiography (1904)

592

(3)

3. Thomas Malthus, from An Essay on the Principle of Population (6th ed., 1826)

595

(10)

4. Charles Lyell, from Principles of Geology (1830-33)

605

(5)

5. The Co-Discovery of Natural Selection: Alfred Russel Wallace, "On the Tendency of harieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type" (1858)

610

(9)

6. Thomas Henry Huxley on the Historical Situation of The Origin of Species

619

(11)

i. From "Evolution in Biology" (1878)

619

(1)

ii. From The Origin of Species (1860)

619

(2)

iii. From "Criticisms on The Origin of Species" (1864)

621

(2)

iv. From "Charles Darwin" (1882)

623

(1)

v. From "On the Reception of The Origin of Species" (1887)

624

(6)

630

(26)

Index to the Introduction, Darwin's Historical Sketch, and the Appendices

656

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