Edging into the Wild
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edgingintothewild.dumbarton.pdf
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Author(s)
Ritvo, Harriet
Date Issued
2013
Journal
Designing Wildlife Habitats, John Beardsley (ed.)
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Citation
Ritvo, Harriet. "Edging into the Wild." In Designing Wildlife Habitats, John Beardsley, ed., Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, c2013.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
In The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, which appeared first in 1868 and in a revised edition in 1875, Charles Darwin developed a theme to which he had accorded great rhetorical and evidentiary significance. The first chapter of On the Origin of Species, published in 1859, had included a description of artificial selection as practiced by farmers, stock breeders, and pet fanciers. Domesticated animals and plants were numerous, familiar, and available for constant observation; they provided a readily available body of evidence.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Humanities. History Section
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