Darwin's On The Origin Of Species

This book describes the theory of evolution as “the central unifying principle in biology.” While the idea of evolution had appeared before Darwin’s time (by others including Darwin’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin) it is in November 1859 that Charles Darwin formally presents his idea in On the Origin of Species. What makes this work so important is not just the idea of evolution, but that Darwin provides the key mechanism, natural selection, for evolution. Through natural selection, species with some form of an advantageous adaptation will be better suited to survive and will replace their parent species. Darwin presents his idea in the first four chapters, using the remainder of the book discussing possible difficulties, and his resolution to …show more content…
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