Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2007-09-25 Public domain in the USA. 533 Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 Darwin, Charles Robert On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #1228 (1859, 1st Edition, HTML file with table of contents) #22764 (1860, HTML file with table of contents) #2009 (6th Ed., HTML, definitive edition) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species Steven Gibbs, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. The book discusses the theory of evolution through natural selection and addresses fundamental questions about the origin of species and the mechanisms that drive biological diversity. It delves into the process by which species evolve over time through gradual changes influenced by environmental factors and selective pressures. The opening of the work sets the stage for a thorough exploration of the concepts of variation, inheritance, and natural selection. Darwin reflects on his experiences as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle, where he began to formulate his thoughts on species adaptation and evolution. He states his intention to provide a summary of his findings and the necessity of understanding variation both domesticated animals and in nature. Darwin foreshadows the arguments and evidence he will present to support the idea that species evolve from common ancestors, rather than being individually created, thereby challenging established beliefs of his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Evolution (Biology) Natural selection QH Text Best Books Ever Listings Biology Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution Category: Science - Biology 1109108 2025-06-09T13:43:20.036147 text/html 1107454 2021-03-12T03:09:23 text/html 552390 2025-06-09T13:43:38.645035 application/epub+zip 565959 2025-06-09T13:43:26.526101 application/epub+zip 435190 2025-06-09T13:43:23.694118 application/epub+zip 1131641 2025-06-09T13:43:46.761519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1091665 2025-06-09T13:43:36.232048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672118 2022-09-10T15:11:31.415007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 981053 2025-06-09T13:43:18.455116 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 980972 2021-03-12T03:12:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19673 2025-06-09T13:43:46.933501 application/rdf+xml 20565 2025-06-09T13:43:24.406118 image/jpeg 4497 2025-06-09T13:43:24.060094 image/jpeg 324584 2021-03-12T03:14:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 516886 2021-10-18T23:35:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 614295 2025-06-09T13:43:20.128129 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia