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PART II. On the Evidence Favourable and Opposed to the View

The Foundations of the Origin of Species · Charles Darwin — chapter 3 of 24 · ~194 words · public domain

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ON THE EVIDENCE FAVOURABLE AND OPPOSED TO THE VIEW THAT SPECIES ARE NATURALLY FORMED RACES, DESCENDED FROM COMMON STOCKS.

CHAPTER IV 133-143

ON THE NUMBER OF INTERMEDIATE FORMS REQUIRED ON THE THEORY OF COMMON DESCENT; AND ON THEIR ABSENCE IN A FOSSIL STATE

CHAPTER V 144-150

GRADUAL APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF SPECIES.

Gradual appearance of species Extinction of species

CHAPTER VI

ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC BEINGS IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES.

SECTION FIRST 151-174

Distribution of the inhabitants in the different continents Relation of range in genera and species Distribution of the inhabitants in the same continent Insular Faunas Alpine Floras Cause of the similarity in the floras of some distant mountains Whether the same species has been created more than once On the number of species, and of the classes to which they belong in different regions

SECOND SECTION 174-182

Geographical distribution of extinct organisms Changes in geographical distribution Summary on the distribution of living and extinct organic beings

SECTION THIRD 183-197

An attempt to explain the foregoing laws of geographical distribution, on the theory of allied species having a common descent Improbability of finding fossil forms intermediate between existing species

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