Home › Tamil Nadu SSLC (Class 10) › Biology › Origin and Evolution of Life › In which book, published in 1859, did Charles Da…
In which book, published in 1859, did Charles Darwin present his theory of natural selection?
APhilosophic Zoologique
BIntroductory Cytology
CTheory of Acquired Characters
DOrigin of Species
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Origin of Species
1. Darwin set out his theory of natural selection in a book published in 1859.
2. That book is titled Origin of Species.
3. Philosophic Zoologique was Lamarck's 1809 work, which rules out option A.
4. So the answer is Origin of Species, option D.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 19 Origin and Evolution of Life "Darwinism", p.285_
Related questions
In astrobiology, the narrow region around a star where the temperature allows liquid waterThe age of fossils can be estimated from radioactive elements in them. Which dating methodIn the method of fossilisation where minerals such as silica slowly replace the original tSudden, large, heritable changes such as the short-legged Ancon sheep, which have no interVariations that affect only the body cells of an organism, arise from environmental factorCompetition for food and space among individuals belonging to the same species is which tyIn Darwin's theory, the survival and reproduction of organisms carrying favourable variatiLamarck's theory of evolution is popularly known by which of the following names?