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The book that shook the world First time from Signet Classic This is the book that revolutionized the natural sciences and every literary, philosophical and religious thinker who followed. Darwin's theory of evolution and the descent of man remains as controversial and influential... read more

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First Sentence

When we compare the individuals of the same variety or sub-variety of our older cultivated plants and animals, one of the first points which strikes us is, that they generally differ more from each other than do the individuals of any one species or variety in a state of nature.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Charles Darwin (Author)
 

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Books Influenced by This Book

   
  • Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
  • The Selfish Gene

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