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Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection
Alfred Russel Wallace
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About this work
Wallace was, in some respects, more committed to natural selection than Darwin. His final chapter argues that selection cannot explain the higher faculties of the human mind. That makes this one of the few classic texts that sets out where its own author thought the mechanism stopped.
- Author
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Published
- 1889
- Written for
- General readers
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- Public domain. The full text is loaded from the source below and evaluated section by section.
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- Natural Selection, Micro → Macro, Human Origins
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- s01Front matter · Chapter V. Natural Selection By Variation And Survival Of The Fittestabout 2,710 words
- s02Chapter I. What Are "species," And What Is Meant By Their "origin"about 4,824 words
- s03Chapter II. The Struggle For Existenceabout 10,345 words
- s04Chapter III. The Variability Of Species In A State Of Natureabout 10,424 words
- s05Chapter IV. Variation Of Domesticated Animals And Cultivated Plantsabout 6,906 words
- s06Chapter V. Natural Selection By Variation And Survival Of The Fittestabout 9,104 words
- s07Chapter VI. Difficulties And Objectionsabout 9,036 words
- s08Chapter VII. On The Infertility Of Crosses Between Distinct Species And The Usualabout 12,370 words
- s09Chapter VIII. The Origin And Uses Of Colour In Animalsabout 14,605 words
- s10Chapter IX. Warning Coloration And Mimicryabout 11,802 words
- s11Chapter X. Colours And Ornaments Characteristic Of Sexabout 12,002 words
- s12Chapter XI. The Special Colours Of Plants: Their Origin And Purposeabout 12,168 words
- s13Chapter XII. The Geographical Distribution Of Organismsabout 13,328 words
- s14Chapter XIII. The Geological Evidences Of Evolutionabout 12,087 words
- s15Chapter XIV. Fundamental Problems In Relation To Variation And Heredityabout 11,838 words
- s16Chapter XV. Darwinism Applied To Manabout 11,866 words
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