Which book by Charles Darwin did Thomas Henry Huxley defend in public debates?

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Thomas Henry Huxley, often referred to as "Darwin’s bulldog," famously defended Charles Darwin’s seminal work, On the Origin of Species, in public debates.12

Huxley utilized the book as a powerful tool in his campaign to establish an independent scientific elite, framing the discourse around evolution and natural selection in clear, non-miraculous terms. A defining moment of this advocacy occurred during a debate at the 1860 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Oxford, where he challenged the conservative views of Samuel Wilberforce regarding human ancestry.1