THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES

by Charles Darwin

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter One: Variation Under Domestication

Chapter Two: Variation Under Nature

Chapter Three: Struggle For Existence

Chapter Four: Natural Selection; Or the Survival of the Fittest

Chapter Five: Laws of Variation

Chapter Six: Difficulties of the Theory

Chapter Seven: Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection

Chapter Eight: Instinct

Chapter Nine: Hybridism

Chapter Ten: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record

Chapter Eleven: On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings

Chapter Twelve: Geographical Distribution

Chapter Thirteen: Geographical Distribution Continued

Chapter Fourteen: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs

Chapter Fifteen: Recapitulation and Conclusion

A Glossary of Terms