On the Origin of Species

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Referenced when discussing Darwin's theory of evolution and noting that he was too nervous to include his theory about human evolution in this earlier work

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Referenced in discussion of how Sade prefigured Darwinist ideas about survival of the fittest

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Referenced as Darwin's major work where the Galapagos finches feature as evidence for his theory of evolution by natural selection

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Gordon mentions that Darwin 'spends quite a bit of time in origin and species talking about pigeons' in relation to selective breeding and drawing analogies between artificial and natural selection.

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Mentioned in discussion of the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England, noting Darwin's work 'had just come out' about 10 years earlier, affecting how the visiting team was perceived

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Referenced in discussion about the timing of the Neanderthal discovery and naming. Tom notes that the Neanderthal name was announced around the same period as Darwin's famous work, and Chris Stringer adds that Darwin was shown the Gibraltar Neanderthal skull a couple of years after writing Origin of Species. Essential context for understanding how the Neanderthal discovery intersected with the revolution in evolutionary thinking.

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Referenced during a discussion about how species are defined and classified. Jack Horner mentions this book when explaining how scientific thinking changed regarding the classification of organisms and the concept that species evolve over time rather than being completely distinct from one another. The speaker incorrectly dates it to 1959 (actually published in 1859).