The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, Volume 1D. Appleton & Company, 1889 - Evolution |
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... namely , intercrossing , isolation , number of individuals - Slow action - Extinction caused by Natural Selection - Divergence of Character , related to the diversity of inhabitants of any small area , and to naturalisation - Action of ...
... namely , intercrossing , isolation , number of individuals - Slow action - Extinction caused by Natural Selection - Divergence of Character , related to the diversity of inhabitants of any small area , and to naturalisation - Action of ...
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... namely , first , the difficulties of transitions , or how a simple being or a simple organ can be changed and perfected into a highly developed being or into an elaborately constructed organ ; secondly , the subject of Instinct , or the ...
... namely , first , the difficulties of transitions , or how a simple being or a simple organ can be changed and perfected into a highly developed being or into an elaborately constructed organ ; secondly , the subject of Instinct , or the ...
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... namely , that each species has been independently created - is erro- neous . I am fully convinced that species are not immutable ; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and ...
... namely , that each species has been independently created - is erro- neous . I am fully convinced that species are not immutable ; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and ...
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... namely , the nature of the organ- ism , and the nature of the conditions . The former seems to be much the more important ; for nearly similar vari- ations sometimes arise under , as far as we can judge , dissimilar conditions ; and ...
... namely , the nature of the organ- ism , and the nature of the conditions . The former seems to be much the more important ; for nearly similar vari- ations sometimes arise under , as far as we can judge , dissimilar conditions ; and ...
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... namely , through the reproductive system of being affected , we may infer that variability is thus induced , partly from the fact of this system being extremely sensitive to any change in the conditions , and partly from the similarity ...
... namely , through the reproductive system of being affected , we may infer that variability is thus induced , partly from the fact of this system being extremely sensitive to any change in the conditions , and partly from the similarity ...
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adapted advantage allied analogous animals and plants appear Asa Gray beak become bees believe birds breeds caudicle cause cells characters climate closely Cloth colour common crossed cuckoo degree descendants developed difficulty distinct species disuse domestic animals domestic races doubt effects eggs existence extinct extremely facts favourable females flowers forms Fritz Müller genera genus gradations greater number groups habits Hence hermaphrodites hive-bee important improved inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate kind lamellę large number larger genera larvę less likewise males manner Mivart modified natural selection naturalists nearly nest neuters occasionally offspring organisation organs origin ORIGIN OF SPECIES parent perfect period pigeons pollen pollen-grains present preserved principle probably produced progenitor quadrupeds rank Red Grouse remarked resemble rock-pigeon seeds sexes sexual sexual selection slight stamens structure struggle sub-breeds supposed swimbladder tend tendency tion transitional tree tumbler pigeon variability variations varieties vary widely wild wings young
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Page 227 - If it could be proved that any part of the structure of any one species had been formed for the exclusive good of another species, it would annihilate my theory, for such could not have been produced through natural selection.
Page 203 - If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.
Page 75 - Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural Selection, Some have even imagined that natural selection induces variability, whereas it' implies only the. preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of * life.
Page xxv - As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive ; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring straggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected.
Page xix - In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.
Page 144 - It is well known that several animals, belonging to the most different classes, which inhabit the caves of Carniola and of Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone; — the stand for the telescope is there, though the telescope with its glasses has been lost. As it is difficult to imagine that eyes, though useless, could be in any way injurious to animals living in darkness, their loss may be attributed to disuse.
Page 55 - Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult — at least I have found it so — than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.
Page 341 - Cloth, $2.00. DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS ON PLANTS OF THE SAME SPECIES. With Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. THE POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS. By CHARLES DARWIN, LL. D., FRS, assisted by FRANCIS DARWIN.
Page 140 - The limbs divided into great branches, and these into lesser and lesser branches, were themselves once, when the tree was small, budding twigs; and this connection of the former and present buds by ramifying branches may well represent the classification of all extinct and living species in groups subordinate to groups.
Page 140 - The affinities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth. The green and budding twigs may represent existing species ; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species.