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On the Origin of Species

A work by Charles Darwin, first published in 1859

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Species are not fixed: species of the same genus descend from other, mostly extinct, species, Natural selection has been the main, but not the only, means by which species change, Because living things multiply so fast, a struggle for existence inevitably follows …

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First published
18592
Edition korrents quotes
first edition, 18593
Claims on korrents
81

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Species are not fixed: species of the same genus descend from other, mostly extinct, species (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Natural selection has been the main, but not the only, means by which species change (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Because living things multiply so fast, a struggle for existence inevitably follows (opens korrents.com)1

  4. The fossil record is a very incomplete history of life, of which only fragments survive (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Natural selection can make no great or sudden change; it acts only by very short, slow steps (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Animals descend from at most four or five ancestors, and analogy hints at one ancestor for all life, though analogy may mislead (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. On the Origin of Species (first edition, 1859) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. On the Origin of Species, Q20124 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. On the Origin of Species (first edition, 1859) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

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