On the Origin of
Species
by
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin
is an English naturalist and traveler who was one of the first to come to the conclusion and substantiate the idea that all species of living organisms evolve over time and descend from common ancestors.
On the Origin of Species
by Means of Natural
Selection
The Preservation of
Favoured Races in the
Struggle for Life
The scientific work of Charles Darwin, published on November 24, 1859, which is considered the basis of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book presented a scientific theory according to which a population evolves over generations in the process of natural selection. He presented a lot of evidence that the diversity of life arose from a common ancestor through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included the evidence he collected on a round-the- world expedition on the brig-sloop "Beagle" in the 1830s, and his subsequent research results corresponding to the experiments.
"On the Origin of Species" was first published on Thursday, November 24, 1859, at a price of fifteen shillings, with a circulation of 1,250 copies. The book was offered to booksellers at Murray's Fall Sale on Tuesday, November 22, and all available copies were immediately sold out. Book aroused international interest and wide discussion, without a clear boundary between scientific problems and ideological, social and religious consequences. Much of the initial reaction was hostile, in large part because very few reviewers really understood his theory.
Modern evolutionary theory continues to evolve. Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, with its tree-like model of common branching origin, has become the unifying theory of the life sciences. The theory explains the diversity of living organisms and their adaptation to the environment.
