"The Conditions of Existence as Affecting the Perpetuation of Living Beings" by Thomas Henry Huxley is the fifth lecture in a series for working men about Darwin's ideas. This lecture explains how living things change over time, focusing on how they're built and how their bodies work. It looks at how variations happen in species and why some variations stick around while others disappear, due to both human choices like in breeding dogs, and also through forces of nature. It covers how these variations can shape everything from physical features to behavior. The lecture also discusses the limits of that variation, especially when it comes to reproduction, providing an explanation of the difference between hybrids and mongrels, and concludes by looking at how the environment and the fight to survive decide which traits win out in the end, which ultimately shapes the future.
The Conditions of Existence as Affecting the Perpetuation of Living Beings Lecture V. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Discover how the struggle to survive creates dogs and pigeons from wolves and rock doves.
Summary
About the AuthorThomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
Time and Life: Mr. Darwin's "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
The Present Condition of Organic Nature Lecture I. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
By Charles Darwin
The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation Lecture IV. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
The Method by Which the Causes of the Present and Past Conditions of Organic Nature Are to Be Discovered; the Origination of Living Beings Lecture III. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
A Critical Examination of the Position of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On the Origin of Species," in Relation to the Complete Theory of the Causes of the Phenomena of Organic Nature Lecture VI. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
The Past Condition of Organic Nature Lecture II. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
The Darwinian Hypothesis
By Thomas Henry Huxley
The Rise and Progress of Palaeontology Essay #2 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
The Interpreters of Genesis and the Interpreters of Nature Essay #4 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Science and Culture, and Other Essays
By Thomas Henry Huxley
A Critical Examination of the Position of Mr. Darwin's Work, "On the Origin of Species," in Relation to the Complete Theory of the Causes of the Phenomena of Organic Nature Lecture VI. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
The Past Condition of Organic Nature Lecture II. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852
By Various
The Mysteryes of Nature and Art Conteined in foure severall Tretises, The first of water workes, The second of Fyer workes, The third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful: partly Collected, and partly of the Authors Peculiar Practice, and Invention
By John Bate
Volcanoes: Past and Present
By Edward Hull
Electricity
By W. H. (William Henry) McCormick
Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I
By Erasmus Darwin
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850
By Various