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The 25 pages that link to On the Origin of Species, each with the reason it gives.

• Charles DarwinBroader topic: This book presented Darwin’s evidence and explanation for evolution to the public.

• Cambrian explosionBroader topic: Darwin discussed the early fossil record as an apparent difficulty for gradual evolution.

• EvolutionBroader topic: It presented extensive evidence for evolution and its proposed mechanism.

• Evolutionary biologyBroader topic: It gave evolutionary biology its foundational argument from variation and descent.

• Charles LyellBroader topic: Darwin’s book developed a biological theory whose gradual account of change resonated with Lyell’s geology.

• DarwinismBroader topic: It gave Darwinism its first sustained public exposition.

• Biological classificationBroader topic: Darwin's account gave classification an evolutionary foundation.

• Theistic evolutionBroader topic: Its argument prompted religious reconsideration of how creation relates to biological change.

• Victorian scienceBroader topic: Its publication made evolution a central test of scientific and religious authority.

• Teleological argumentBroader topic: It supplied a powerful natural mechanism for features once taken as direct evidence of design.

• Evolutionary theoryBroader topic: It established a detailed case for evolution by common descent and natural selection.

• Inheritance of Acquired CharacteristicsBroader topic: Its argument shifted evolutionary explanation toward selection acting on heritable variation.

• History of evolutionary thoughtBroader topic: This book consolidated evidence and arguments that redirected debate about species change.