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The Origin of Species
Origin of Species. The shortened name usually used to refer to Charles Darwin's most famous book, On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. Although it has been the most influential book ever written on the subject of evolution, it fails to define its subject matter — the word species has no generally accepted meaning among biologists (READ DISCUSSION OF THIS SUBJECT). Moreover, it misrepresented the temporal dynamics of evolution by asserting that the fossil record shows that new forms of life typically arise gradually from their predecessors. Paleontology has clearly demonstrated that this is not the case (READ ABOUT THE EVIDENCE). On the contrary, fossil forms typically arise abruptly and remain unchanged thereafter up to the time of their extinction. These two oversights on Darwin's part have caused a wide variety of erroneous notions to become embedded in standard biological thought (LEARN MORE).
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