) Darwin had initially decided to call it "An abstract of an Essay on the Origin of Species and Varieties Through natural selection", but with Murray's persuasion it was eventually changed to the snappier title: "On the Origin of Species", with the title page adding "by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life".
Lyell in Hooker sta namesto tega predlagala Darwinu in Wallaceu da predstavita svojo teorijo skupaj in 1. julija 1858 sta bila pred Linnejevim društvom v Londonu prebrana njuna članka s skupnim naslovom "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection".