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On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin

34m | Jun 8, 2026

Tonight get ready for Darwin’s musing on adaptation. Prepare to sleep as he talks about how we assume species adapt to their surroundings, but many can be transported to, and thrive in, very different climates and environments.

Drift away to examples as diverse as kidney beans and orang-utans

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