November 24th

On this day – 24th of November 1859 – Darwin’s “on the origin of the species” were published

Charles Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species, are considered to be the foundation of evolutionary theory. It has therefore been a tremendous important boo for how human development is understood today. The book advanced the theory of evolution through natural selection. The books original title was “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the struggle for life”. It had a first printing of 1250 books, which each costed 15 shilling. A second addition of 3000 copies were ready for sale already by January 1860, due to the books popularity.