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On the Origin of Species

Darwin, C

Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg, Kara Shallenberg, Hugh McGuire, David Barnes, Rainer, Guntar, Chip, Gesine, Kurt Wong, Anita Roy Dobbs, Julian Jamison, Denny Sayers, Peter Yearsley, Nikolle Doolin and Betsie Bush · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01A: Variation Under Domestication - Part 1 (49:23)
01B: Variation Under Domestication - Part 2 (57:46)
02: Variation Under Nature (53:49)
03: Struggle for Existence (38:57)
04A: Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest - Part 1 (56:30)
04B: Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest - Part 2 (55:15)
04C: Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest - Part 3 (58:29)
05: Laws of Variation (1:39:59)
06A: Difficulties of the Theory - Part 1 (47:29)
06B: Difficulties of the Theory - Part 2 (53:51)
07A: Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection - Part 1 (59:42)
07B: Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection - Part 2 (1:00:41)
08A: Instinct - Part 1 (40:06)
08B: Instinct - Part 2 (33:09)
08C: Instinct - Part 3 (20:34)
09A: Hybridism - Part 1 (42:44)
09B: Hybridism - Part 2 (57:10)
10A: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record - Part 1 (31:48)
10B: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record - Part 2 (41:32)
11A: On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings - Part 1 (43:58)
11B: On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings - Part 2 (51:13)
12A: Geographical Distribution - Part 1 (47:40)
12B: Geographical Distribution - Part 1 (40:30)
13: Geographical Distribution - Continued (1:01:16)
14A: Mutual Affinities of Organic beings - Part 1 (50:02)
14B: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings - Part 2 (1:19:33)
15: Recapitulation and Conclusion (1:24:29)
16: Glossary of Terms (45:03)

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