THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
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London: John Murray, 1892. Sixth edition forty-third thousand overall — and the first to use the term evolution to describe the mechanism of natural selection that Darwin introduced in the book. Very good plus. Item #48692 Evolution — the word now most associated with THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES — was not used to describe natural selection in the publication until the sixth edition. By then, Darwin was well
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