| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
First Avenue classics |
| Contents |
Variation under domestication -- Variation under nature -- Struggle for existence -- Natural selection -- Laws of variation -- Difficulties on theory -- Instinct -- Hybridism -- On the imperfection of the geological record -- On the geological succession of organic beings -- Geographical distribution -- Geographical distribution¿continued -- Mutual affinities of organic beings: morphology -- Recapitulation and conclusion |
| Summary |
In 1831 British naturalist Charles Darwin joined a five-year expedition on the ship HMS Beagle. As the crew explored the southern hemisphere, Darwin took extensive notes on the organisms he encountered and how they differed from the species back home in England. He began to formulate ideas about the effect of natural selection on the evolution of species over time. The evidence he gathered, especially finch specimens collected from South America and the GalApagos Islands, provided further proof for his theory. In 1859, more than twenty years later, Darwin published his research-and sparked a heated debate. Misunderstood by theologians and misappropriated by eugenicists, it would be years before Darwin's controversial theory gained widespread acceptance in the scientific community. This is an unabridged version of Charles Darwin's fundamental text on evolutionary biology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Age 13-18 |
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Grade 9 to 12 |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology) -- Juvenile literature
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Natural selection -- Juvenile literature
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / General
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Evolution (Biology)
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Natural selection
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017030762 |
| ISBN |
1512486213 |
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1541518500 |
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9781541518506 |
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9781512486216 |
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