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Sixth edition of [[w:Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin]]'s '''''The Origin of Species''''' (first published 1872, this edition is a reprint from 1873). The book is a seminal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology. The original title of the work is '''On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life'', while in the sixth edition of 1872 the title was changed to ''The Origin of Species''. It introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Darwin's book was the culmination of evidence he had accumulated on the voyage of the Beagle in the 1830s and expanded through continuing investigations and experiments since his return.
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[[Category:Biology]]

[[es:El origen de las especies]]
[[fr:L’Origine des espèces]]
[[it:Sulla origine delle specie per elezione naturale, ovvero conservazione delle razze perfezionate nella lotta per l'esistenza]]
[[de:Entstehung der Arten (1876)]]
[[sv:Om arternas uppkomst genom naturligt urval eller de bäst utrustade rasernas bestånd i kampen för tillvaron]]