Guide to the classics: Darwin's On the Origin of Species
- Written by Julia Kindt, Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
A stick insect in Borneo: variation and natural selection has resulted in insects with the astonishing ability to mimic features in their natural environment.Shutterstock
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (originally published in 1859) shares a deplorable fate with many other classics: it is known to everyone, yet rarely read.
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