On the origin of species by means of natural selection ; or, The preservation of favored races in the struggle for lifeD. Appleton and Company, 1875 - 458 páginas |
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... give a brief sketch of the progress of opinion on the Origin of Species . Until recently the great majority of naturalists believed that species were immutable productions , and had been separately created . This view has been ably ...
... give a brief sketch of the progress of opinion on the Origin of Species . Until recently the great majority of naturalists believed that species were immutable productions , and had been separately created . This view has been ably ...
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Charles Darwin. Zoolog . , Jan. 1851 ) , briefly gives his reason for believing that specific characters " sont fixés , pour ... give any idea of his views would be superfluous on my part . Mr. Herbert Spencer , in an Essay ( originally ...
Charles Darwin. Zoolog . , Jan. 1851 ) , briefly gives his reason for believing that specific characters " sont fixés , pour ... give any idea of his views would be superfluous on my part . Mr. Herbert Spencer , in an Essay ( originally ...
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... give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision . My work is now ( 1859 ) nearly finished ; but as it will take me many more years to complete it , and as my health is far from strong , I have been urged to publish ...
... give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision . My work is now ( 1859 ) nearly finished ; but as it will take me many more years to complete it , and as my health is far from strong , I have been urged to publish ...
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... give a brief recapitulation of the whole work , and a few concluding remarks . No one ought to feel surprise at much remaining as yet un- explained in regard to the origin of species and varieties , if he make due allowance for our ...
... give a brief recapitulation of the whole work , and a few concluding remarks . No one ought to feel surprise at much remaining as yet un- explained in regard to the origin of species and varieties , if he make due allowance for our ...
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... give the details which I have collected and elsewhere published on this curious subject ; but to show how singular the laws are which determine the repro- duction of animals under confinement , I may mention that car- nivorous animals ...
... give the details which I have collected and elsewhere published on this curious subject ; but to show how singular the laws are which determine the repro- duction of animals under confinement , I may mention that car- nivorous animals ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 50 - I should premise that I use this term in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny.
Página 63 - It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity; but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets ? Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity.
Página 65 - Can we wonder, then, that Nature's productions should be far " truer " in character than man's productions ; that they should be infinitely better adapted to the most complex conditions of life, and should plainly bear the stamp of far higher workmanship...
Página 143 - To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.
Página 3 - As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive ; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle 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.
Página 56 - ... there was a large and extremely barren heath, which had never been touched by the hand of man ; but several hundred acres of exactly the same nature had been enclosed twenty-five years previously and planted with Scotch fir. The change in the native vegetation of the planted part of the heath was most remarkable, more than is generally seen in passing from one quite different soil to another ; not only the proportional numbers of the heath-plants were wholly changed, but twelve species of plants...
Página 49 - 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. Yet unless it be thoroughly engrained in the mind, the whole economy of nature, with every fact on distribution, rarity, abundance, extinction, and variation, will be dimly seen or quite misunderstood.
Página 48 - ... we see beautiful adaptations everywhere and in every part of the organic world.
Página 69 - The result is not death to the unsuccessful competitor but few or no offspring. Sexual selection is, therefore, less rigorous than natural selection. Generally the most vigorous males, those which are best fitted for their places in nature, will leave most progeny. But in many cases victory depends not so much on general vigor as on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. A hornless stag or spurless cock would have a poor chance of leaving numerous offspring.
Página 412 - What limit can be put to this power, acting during long ages and rigidly scrutinising the whole constitution, structure, and habits of each creature, — favouring the good and rejecting the bad ? I can see no limit to this power, in slowly and beautifully adapting each form to the most complex relations of life.