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Darwin Correspondence Project

Begins 'Natural Selection'

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Cover sheet of Darwin's 1842 Pencil Sketch, in which he first uses the term 'Natural Selection'
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Cover sheet of Darwin's 1842 Pencil Sketch, in which he first uses the term 'Natural Selection'
CUL DAR 6: 1
Cambridge University Library

Darwin begins writing his 'big book', Natural Selection. The book was never finished, but later formed the basis for On the Origin of Species

May 1856
1856-05-14