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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin

24 h 23 min · 28 chapters · read by 15 LibriVox volunteers

Charles Darwin's 1859 book that set out the theory of evolution by natural selection, built from pigeon breeding, barnacles, fossils and the plants and animals he saw on the voyage of the Beagle. Written for general readers, it changed how people see life on Earth.

24 h 23 min

at normal speed

19 h 30 min

at 1.25×

16 h 15 min

at 1.5×

Chapters

1. Variation Under Domestication - Part 149:23
2. Variation Under Domestication - Part 257:46
3. Variation Under Nature53:49
4. Struggle for Existence38:57
5. Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest – Part 156:30
6. Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest – Part 255:15
7. Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest – Part 358:29
8. Laws of Variation99:59
9. Difficulties of the Theory – Part 147:29
10. Difficulties of the Theory – Part 253:51
11. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection – Part 159:42
12. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection – Part 260:40
13. Instinct - Part 140:06
14. Instinct - Part 233:09
15. Instinct - Part 320:34
16. Hybridism - Part 142:44
17. Hybridism - Part 257:10
18. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record – Part 131:48
19. On the Imperfection of the Geological Record – Part 241:32
20. On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings – Part 143:58
21. On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings – Part 251:13
22. Geographical Distribution – Part 147:40
23. Geographical Distribution – Part 240:30
24. Geographical Distribution – Continued61:16
25. Mutual Affinities of Organic beings – Part 150:02
26. Mutual Affinities of Organic beings – Part 279:33
27. Recapitulation and Conclusion84:29
28. Glossary of Terms45:03

Read by Anita Roy Dobbs, Annie Coleman Rothenberg, Betsie Bush, Chip, David Barnes, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Gesine, Guntar, Hugh McGuire, Julian Jamison, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023), Kurt Wong, Nikolle Doolin, Peter Yearsley, Rainer.

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