# On the Origin of Species

by [Charles Darwin](https://localbooks.app/authors/charles-darwin)

- Genres: [Ciências Naturais](https://localbooks.app/genres/science/natural-science)
- Set in: [Down House, Bromley, Inglaterra, Reino Unido](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/england/bromley/down-house); [Galapagos, Equador](https://localbooks.app/places/ec/galapagos)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1859
- Pages: 502

## Description

Darwin starts with pigeon breeders and farm animals, then argues that the same slow sifting happens in the wild: more creatures are born than can survive, and small advantages are passed on. Written at his home in Kent and drawing on what he saw on the Beagle voyage, it answers the objections he expected one by one.

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