The Origin of Species is a scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection.

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An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species, Previously to the Publication of the First Edition of This Work

Introduction

I: Variation Under Domestication

II: Variation Under Nature

III: Struggle for Existence

IV: Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest

V: Laws of Variation

VI: Difficulties of the Theory

VII: Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection

VIII: Instinct

IX: Hybridism

X: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record

XI: On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings

XII: Geographical Distribution

XIII: Geographical Distribution—Continued

XIV: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology—Embryology—Rudimentary Organs—Classification

XV: Recapitulation and Conclusion

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Glossary of the Principal Scientific Terms Used in the Present Volume

List of Illustrations

Endnotes

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The Origin of Species