All viewers of this document can see this public note. This is the most explicit and concise description and definition of natural selection in On the Origin of Species. Darwin’s view here is ...

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Some critics of the theory of evolution argue that it doesn't convincingly explain the origin of new species. They say that members of one species couldn't become so different from other ...

Cracraft, J. Species concepts and speciation analysis. Current Ornithology 1, 159-187 (1983). Darwin, C. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Murray, London, 1859. de Queiroz ...

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