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On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life /

Charles Robert Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin, Edmonds & Remnants,

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Introduction When on board H.M.S. ‘Beagle,’ as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me...

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Introduction When on board H.M.S. ‘Beagle,’ as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me...

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Introduction When on board H.M.S. ‘Beagle,’ as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me...

Key concepts: Natural selection, Naturalism, Beagle, Natural (archaeology), Selection (genetic algorithm), Distribution (mathematics), Geography, Environmental ethics

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