RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1855.12. Widely spread species longest existing has been explained by better chance of escaping extinction. CUL-DAR205.9.279. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. RN1
NOTE: The brown crayon number '22' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Palaeontology: extinction.
Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].
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Widely spread species longest existing has been explained by better chance of escaping extinction; but chance is last element which comes into play in extinction, it is that wide spread shows that best adapted & therefore survive longest
Dec. 1855
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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