On the Origin of Species On the Origin of Species by Means of
Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the
Struggle for Life, also known as The Origin of Species, is a
book first published in 1859 by Charles Darwin. It sets out
arguments for the evolution of species in the natural world
through the process of natural selection, as opposed to their
sudden introduction to the world through an act of special
creation by a god. In 2009, Living Waters Ministries published
an abridged "150th Anniversary Edition" with a 54-page "Special
Introduction" by Ray Comfort, and distributed free copies at
several universities. Darwin biographer David Quammen wrote of
this introduction: - Comfort's confused polemic, disguised as an
informational Introduction but full of mistakes, half truths,
untruths, muddled logic, old creationist arguments, misleadingly
excerpted quotations, and ill-framed analogies — plus a good
dose of fire and brimstone at the end — will do a severe
disservice to anyone who takes it f