La selección natural. El origen de las especies

Synopsis of La selección natural. El origen de las especies

«La selección natural. El origen de las especies» is Charles Darwin's scientific essay, published by Ediciones Folio in hardback, in Spanish.

Darwin explains here the mechanism of natural selection, by which the best-adapted organisms survive and transmit their traits, while the less favoured disappear. He contrasts human selection, guided by self-interest, with natural selection, which acts for the good of each being. It is the central argument of «El origen de las especies».

Volume in the «Grandes ideas» collection, published in 2007. It gathers the passage from «El origen de las especies» devoted to natural selection.

Reference work for those approaching the theory of evolution and the history of scientific thought.