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On the Origin of Species Study Guide

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by Charles Darwin
About 92 pages (27,594 words)
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The Origin of Species is a biological work that challenges many of the beliefs that were common in the field, particularly, the belief that the species of life on Earth were all individually created by God. In place of that belief, Darwin offers the theory that the species descended from other species, and through a process of gradual change, were significantly changed. (read more)
      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
      Geographical Distribution continued
      Chapter 13: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs
      Chapter 14: Recapitulation and Conclusion

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