On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin · 1859
Buy on AmazonCharles Darwin's seminal work laying the foundations for the principles of evolutionary biology via natural selection, based on evidence that he collected during his expedition on HMS Beagle in the 1830s.
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"to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth."
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"The obvious, and true, answer is Darwin’s “Origin,” but I didn’t read the book itself until after its message had changed my life by secondary routes."
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