Organic Evolution: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Organic Evolution, credited to Richard Swann Lull, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Organic Evolution is a college textbook that describes the mechanism of biological evolution by natural selection. It then explores the evidences for evolution in various animals, including insects, reptiles, birds and humans, mainly from the science of paleontology. (Summary by JoeD)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Organic Evolution
• Author credits: Richard Swann Lull
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 83
• Listed recording duration: 26:04:13

Catalogue topics

• textbooks
• biology
• evolution
• paleontology

Opening tracks: first 24 of 83

1. 00 - Preface — 4:57
2. 01 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 1a History of Evolution — 23:07
3. 02 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 1b History of Evolution — 23:48
4. 03 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 2 The Organic Kingdom — 34:42
5. 04 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 3a Classification of Organisms — 10:05
6. 05 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 3b Classification of Organisms — 15:47
7. 06 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 3c Classification of Organisms — 17:02
8. 07 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 4a Geographic Distribution — 30:57
9. 08 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 4b Geographic Distribution — 19:01
10. 09 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 5a Bathymetric Distribution — 25:52
11. 10 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 5b Bathymetric Distribution — 25:20
12. 11 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 6a Geological Distribution — 14:28
13. 12 - Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 6b Geological Distribution — 16:56
14. 13 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 7a Natural Selection — 25:07
15. 14 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 7b Natural Selection — 17:20
16. 15 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 8a Sexual and Artificial Selection — 18:01
17. 16 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 8b Sexual and Artificial Selection — 28:35
18. 17 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 9 Variation and Mutation — 23:31
19. 18 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 10a Heredity — 20:03
20. 19 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 10b Heredity — 12:56
21. 20 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 10c Heredity — 14:54
22. 21 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 11 Inheriance of Acquired Characters — 31:24
23. 22 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 12a Orthogenesis and Kinetogenesis — 13:38
24. 23 - Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 12b Orthogenesis and Kinetogenesis — 27:51

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