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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Human selection gives rise to domestic breeds.
Chapter 2: Nature can select survival traits, forming distinct species across many generations through gradual, continuous change.
Chapter 3: Sexual selection and diversification also drive natural selection forward.
Chapter 4: Nature keeps populations in balance while they compete for survival.
Chapter 5: Variations emerge through many processes.
Chapter 6: The theory of descent with modification stands firmly against its critics.
Chapter 7: Descent with modification can explain instincts and the sterility often seen in crossbreeding cases.
Chapter 8: Although the fossil record is incomplete, it still supports the theory of descent with modification.
Chapter 9: Natural selection explains species’ geographic distribution across regions.
Chapter 10: Descent with modification explains similarities among organisms within the same scientific class.
Description
The Origin Of Species (1859) is Charles Darwin’s magnum opus. These blinks outline a theory of how traits are selected by nature, where the tremendous diversity of life on earth came from and how animals and plants came to be distributed across the planet.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in science or natural history
- Nature lovers