I'll just state my question first, then I will explain what I mean. Being that Darwin wrote Origin of the Species 150 years ago, is the book still useful? I am considering reading it. I could order it online from Amazon for $5, but I want to know if it might be a waste of time since we have had all the time since then to better explore evolution. Also, my interest stems from passive curiosity about both Darwin and evolution. I am not planning on taking a full plunge into biology. I would just like to not get a load of erroneous information and wasted time. Unfortunately Google searches like "Darwin's mistakes" and "Origin of the Species errors" yield a great amount of religious reasoning which I am not interested in. I want to stay very clear of religious discussion on this.