一、关于书名查理·达尔文(1809——1882)的《物种起源》,初版于1859年。这个书名,不是指最早物种的原始,而是指新的物种的形成,即物种由演变而产生新种的研究。这本著作的中译名虽然作《物种起源》,但原名却是《根据自然选择的物种起源》。由此可见,书名中的 First, on the title Charlie Darwin (1809--1882) “Origin of Species”, first published in 1859. This title does not refer to the original species of the earliest species, but refers to the formation of new species, that is, species that evolved to produce new species. Although the Chinese translation of this book makes the origin of species, its original name was “the origin of the species according to the natural selection.” This shows that the title of the book