#on the origin of species

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

倖存下來的物種不是最強大的，也不是最聰明的，而是對變化最敏感的。

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

─ Charles Darwin 達爾文 《物種起源 On The Origin of Species》 (English, b. 1809-1882/ naturalist, geologist and biologist).

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我的青春 也不是沒傷痕

是明白愛是信仰的延伸

甚麼特徵 人緣還是眼神

也不會預知愛不愛的可能

保持單身 忍不住又沉淪

兜著圈子來去有時苦等

人的一生 感情是旋轉門

轉到了最後真心的就不分

有過競爭 有過犧牲

被愛篩選過程

學會認真 學會忠誠

適者才能生存

懂得永恆 得要我們

進化成更好的人

我的青春 有時還蠻單純

相信幸福取決於愛得深

讀進化論 我贊成達爾文

沒實力的就有淘汰的可能

我的替身 已換過多少輪

記憶在舊情人心中變冷

我的一生 有幾道旋轉門

轉到了最後只剩你我沒分

有過競爭 有過犧牲

被愛篩選過程

學會認真 學會忠誠

適者才能生存

懂得永恆 得要我們

進化成更好的人

有過競爭 有過犧牲

被愛篩選過程

學會認真 學會忠誠

適者才能生存

懂得永恆 得要我們

進化成更好的人

懂得永恆 得要我們

進化成更好的人

進化成更好的人

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[blatentmisinformation]

When Darwin first wrote the On the Origin of Species it was intended as a humorous rebuke to the ideas of his colleagues at the time. Upon finding more and more evidence supporting his far-fetched ideas he hid the book away for 20 years unsettled by each implication proving the concept of evolution more and more correct.

[belle-keys]

if charles darwin and his cousin didn’t have a dozen inbred babies then we wouldn’t have had the chronicles of narnia and that means we wouldn’t have had ben barnes and then that means I wouldn’t have existed since ben barnes is my daddy

[whats-in-a-sentence]

But in the sixth reprint, in 1872, Darwin felt compelled to borrow the term that Spencer had by now popularized.*

*That said, Darwin's vision of evolution was rather different from Spencer's. Spencer believed that evolution applied to everything, was progressive, and would perfect the universe; Darwin restricted evolution to biology and defined it as "descent with modification," the modifications supplied by random genetic mutations and therefore directionless, sometimes producing complexity out of simplicity and sometimes not.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris

[bookcoversaroundtheworld]

On the Origin of Species - Canada (1958)

[bishopsbox]

source: bishopsbox

Charles Darwin's On the origin of species (first edition, 1859).

[misscromwellsmonocle]

Title page of "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin (1859)

[teachersource]

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. An English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from common ancestors is now widely accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history.

[t00thpasteface]

here's something stupid: the catcatfish

some quick facts:

they're nocturnal and tend to roam around while awake.

they have keen senses of smell and hearing, but terrible eyesight. despite this, they also have a tapetum lucidum, making their pupils "glow" in the dark.

their fur is short, dense, and oily to waterproof them.

they prefer a diet of mostly meat and are attracted to strong-smelling food like fish, cheese, and anything fermented.

the elongated dewclaw on each front paw is sharp, flexible, and nonretractable. it injects a venom that causes respiratory failure and cardiac arrest in prey and, in extreme doses, humans. veterenarians typically remove the dewclaw venom glands during the neuter/spay procedure.

they grow to an average of 1m and 23kg (3ft and 50lb) but can reach up to double that length and triple the weight!

[travelinmatt67]

"On the Origin of Species"

Today is the 165th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's book on evolutionary biology "On the Origin of Species".

[njhgc]

165 years ago, Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" on November 24, 1859. Over the following years, his theory of evolutionary adaptation became a central unifying concept of life sciences.

This April 18, 1874 article from our Harper's Weekly collection relays Darwin's early career when in 1831 the recent Cambridge graduate set sail on a survey expedition aboard the Beagle with Captain Fitzroy; the observations made during this voyage informed his subsequent writings and work.

[wouldyourfavepaychildsupport]

Would Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" pay child support?

[marklakshmanan]

On this day in 1858, Charles Darwin co-published the first outline of a theory of evolution along with Alfred Russel Wallace, who hard shared his own independent work on the subject. It was met with little enthusiasm. Darwin developed the theory further and the following year published “On the Origin of Species”.

[bookcoversaroundtheworld]

On the Origin of Species - India (2015)