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   species

   /ˈspiːʃɪz/

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   • 1. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.
   • ▪ a group subordinate to a genus and containing individuals agreeing in some common attributes and called by a common name.
   • 2. a kind or sort: "a species of invective at once tough and suave"
   • ▪ used humorously to refer to people who share a characteristic or occupation: "a political species that is becoming more common, the environmental statesman"
   • ▪ a particular kind of atom, molecule, ion, or particle: "a new molecular species"
   • 3. the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’.

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   Who wrote on the origin of species?

   • On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. It was published on 24 November 1859.

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   What is the origin of species by natural selection?

   • 1861. The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. New York: Appleton.

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   Who published Charles Darwin's book on the origin of species?

   • Published by the Royal Society. The genesis of Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859) is well known, and the changes tha...

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   Is the origin of a particular species discussed in 'the origin of species'?

   • Although in the Origin of Species, the derivation of any particular species is never discussed, yet I thought it best, in order that no honourable man should accuse me of concealing my views, to add that by the work in question 'light would be thrown on the origin of man and his history.'

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   Does Darwin mention man in the origin of species?

   • On the Origin of Species / Charles Darwin. Broadview Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN 1-55111-337-6. Following Darwin's lead, most commentators cite this one passage as the only reference to man in the Origin, but they thus overlook, as did Darwin himself, two sentences that are, in their own quiet way, even more effective.

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   Is on the origin of species a good book?

   • On the Origin of Species is, without a doubt, one of the most famous and best-known book titles in history. Thanks to the long and complex history of Darwin's magnum opus and his tendency to vacillate, it is probably also a title with one of the longest gestation periods in the history of science book publishing.

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   On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.

   • Author: Charles Darwin

   • Publish Year: 1859

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   May 29, 2024 · Darwin hastily began an “abstract” of Natural Selection, which grew into a more-accessible book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

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   More than a decade after his 'Origin of Species', Darwin found courage to publish ideas he had once only hinted at. In 'The Descent of Man' he presented an unequivocal account of human...

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   • VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION. Causes of Variability. Effects of Habit. Correlation of Growth. Inheritance. Character of Domestic Varieties. Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties and Species.
   • VARIATION UNDER NATURE. Variability. Individual differences. Doubtful species. Wide ranging, much diffused, and common species vary most. Species of the larger genera in any country vary more than the species of the smaller genera.
   • STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. Bears on natural selection. The term used in a wide sense. Geometrical powers of increase. Rapid increase of naturalised animals and plants.
   • NATURAL SELECTION. Natural Selection: its power compared with man’s selection, its power on characters of trifling importance, its power at all ages and on both sexes.

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   Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species led Jeffrey to interpret the form and structure of plants historically and to use comparative morphology and anatomy to provide evidence of specific evolutions. In 1899 Jeffrey reclassified all vascular plants into Lycopsida and Pteropsida; while later classifications have refined plant groupings,…

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9. darwin-online.org.uk › EditorialIntroductionsDarwin Online: On the Origin of Species

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   The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: Murray. 6th ed. [Introduction by G. Chancellor] Text Image PDF F391 1876.

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    The genesis of Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859) is well known, and the changes that it underwent in subsequent editions are well documented.