On the Origin of Species (or more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life), published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included...

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871, which applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural selection. The book discusses many related issues, including evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics, differences between human races, differences between sexes, the dominant role of women in mate choice, and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society.

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is an autobiography by the English naturalist Charles Darwin. Darwin wrote the text, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He states that he started writing it on about May 28, 1876 and had finished it by August 3. The text was published in 1887 (five years after Darwin's death) by John Murray as part of The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. The text printed in Life and Letters was edited by Darwin's son Francis Darwin, who removed several passages about Darwin's...

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects of behaviour. It was published thirteen years after On the Origin of Species and, alongside his 1871 book The Descent of Man (of which it was originally intended to form a part), it is Darwin's main consideration of human origins. In this book, Darwin seeks to trace the origins of such human characteristics as the pursing of the lips in moments of concentration and the mental confusion which typically accompanies blushing. Before Darwin, mental life had...

On the Origin of Species (or more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life), published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included...

El origen del hombre (en el original ingles The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex), traducido tambien como El origen del hombre y la seleccion en relacion al sexo es un libro ingles sobre la teoria de la evolucion centrada en la evolucion humana del cientifico y naturalista Charles Darwin, publicado por primera vez en el original ingles la 24 de febrero de 1871 y en espanol en 1880.

El libro reune, en orden cronologico, la coleccion completa de las cartas que Darwin envio y recibio durante su viaje a bordo del Beagle entre 1831 y 1836, durante el cual realizo muchas de las observaciones que perfilaron su teoria de la evolucion de las especies a traves de la seleccion natural. El intercambio epistolar muestra como la familia y amigos presenciaban, desde Inglaterra, el acopio de experiencias y materiales que lo ayudarian a sustentar dicha teoria, asi como el encuentro con otras culturas y formas de vida. Todo ello acompanado de las ilustraciones de Conrad Martens, el...

Charles Robert Darwin (12 de febrero de 1809-19 de abril de 1882) fue un naturalista ingles, reconocido por ser el cientifico mas influyente (y el primero, compartiendo este logro de forma independiente con Alfred Russel Wallace) de los que plantearon la idea de la evolucion biologica a traves de la seleccion natural, justificandola en su obra de 1859 El origen de las especies con numerosos ejemplos extraidos de la observacion de la naturaleza. Postulo que todas las especies de seres vivos han evolucionado con el tiempo a partir de un antepasado comun mediante un proceso denominado seleccion...