To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," the manuscripts detailing the theory of natural selection are being placed online.
On Tuesday [November 24th], Darwin Manuscripts Project will upload about 10,000 high-quality images of Darwin's scientific manuscripts and notes.
These pages include 34 of the 36 known and located draft leaves of "Origin," gathered together for the first time since Darwin wrote his seminal book, which was published on Nov. 24, 1859.
"These rare manuscript leaves from Origin are the crown jewels of our project and show Darwin in the process of writing," said David Kohn, director and general editor of the Darwin Manuscripts Project at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Kohn has studied Darwin's writing for decades, beginning with his correspondence and now moving on to his scientific papers.
"I've sat in the Cambridge University Library since 1974, touching these documents, but this is the first time that anyone can do this — online in this quantity and with this quality," Kohn said.
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