The Development of Darwin's Theory
Subtitle: Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 18381859
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521238182
Subjects: Evolution; c 1800 to c 1900; Organic Evolution; Natural selection; Biology; Darwin, Charles; Science / Evolution; Darwin, Charles,; 1809-1882; History; Natural history
First sentence: When he left England on H.M.S. Beagle in 1831, Darwin believed, with most of his contemporaries, that each species has been independently created with characteristics that suit it admirably for the conditions under which it is destined to live.