【作者简介】：达尔文（Charles Robert Darwin）系英国著名的博物学家、地质学家和生物学家，进化论的奠基人。出生医学世家，早年在爱丁堡大学学医，后入剑桥大学修神学，而其兴奋点却在自然历史学。约五年的环球考察和之后20余年的研究，终于成就旷世之作《物种起源》的诞生。
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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION
CHAPTER II VARIATION UNDER NATURE
CHAPTER III STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE
CHAPTER IV NATURAL SELECTION
CHAPTER V LAWS OF VARIATION
CHAPTER VI DIFFICULTIES ON THEORY
CHAPTER VII INSTINCT
CHAPTER VIII HYBRIDISM
CHAPTER IX ON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD
CHAPTER X ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS
CHAPTER XI GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
CHAPTER XII GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION -- CONTINUED
CHAPTER XIII MUTUAL AFFINITIES OF ORGANIC BEINGS: MORPHOLOGY, EMBRYOLOGY, RUDIMENTARY ORGANS
CHAPTER XIV RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION
术语汇编与简释
