On the Origin of Species

On the Origin of Species is the famous book by Charles Darwin. It gave evidence for evolution, and suggested what had caused evolution to happen.^[1]

Its full title was On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.

It was published in London by John Murray in November 1859. It was translated into many languages, and has been in print ever since. The title since the 6th edition of 1872 has been The Origin of Species.^[2] This is the most important single book in the biological sciences, and its main ideas are well-supported by modern research.^[3][4]

1. ↑ Darwin, Charles; Costa, James T. 2009. The Annotated Origin: a facsimile of the first edition of On the Origin of Species annotated by James T. Costa. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England: Belknap Press of Harvard University. ISBN 978-0-674-03281-1
2. ↑ Freeman, Richard Broke (1977), "On the Origin of Species", The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist, 2nd ed, Folkestone, England: Dawson, ISBN 0712907408, retrieved 2009-02-22{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
3. ↑ Bowler, Peter J. 2003. Evolution: the history of an idea. 3rd ed, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-23693-9
4. ↑ Browne, Janet 2007. Darwin's Origin of Species: a biography. ISBN 978-0871139535