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Darwin makes frequent and important reference to figures in order to illustrate the significance of his arguments. The complete absence of figures in this 'free' version makes the book more or less impossible to read in the way intended by its author. My 1-star mark is directed at Amazon for publishing the book in this useless state rather than at Darwin's writing!
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Darwin's treatest on evolutions is still amazing.
6 April 2012
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The concept of natural selection has certainly 'evolved' since Darwin penned this work (pun intended!).
While scientist have greatly expanded from the seed of origins that Darwin planted with this work, it was an interesting visit to return to this book. I found many of the social moreys a bit staid and perhaps slightly tainted with bigotry; like the abundant usage of 'civilized and savage societies'.
Also, one must remember that the simply idea of natural selection is no longer the preferred entirety of the modern evolution theories. So, much of the science of this work is very simplistic. For example, Charles Darwin could not have forseen all the complexity that is found in DNA and RNA.
A reader must be prepared to accept the verbiage of 1800's Victorian Era scientific jargon, with a bit of an overly simplistic view of evolution. However, if you want to read the book that started the Evolution Theory this is the place to start. It is the Origins of Evolutions (another pun, but I groan).
While scientist have greatly expanded from the seed of origins that Darwin planted with this work, it was an interesting visit to return to this book. I found many of the social moreys a bit staid and perhaps slightly tainted with bigotry; like the abundant usage of 'civilized and savage societies'.
Also, one must remember that the simply idea of natural selection is no longer the preferred entirety of the modern evolution theories. So, much of the science of this work is very simplistic. For example, Charles Darwin could not have forseen all the complexity that is found in DNA and RNA.
A reader must be prepared to accept the verbiage of 1800's Victorian Era scientific jargon, with a bit of an overly simplistic view of evolution. However, if you want to read the book that started the Evolution Theory this is the place to start. It is the Origins of Evolutions (another pun, but I groan).
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An American monkey, an Ateles, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus was wiser than many men.
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It has often and confidently been asserted, that man's origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
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