EVOLUTION
EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION
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completely unrelated species on each of the islands.
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species exactly like those found in South America.
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somewhat similar species, with different traits that suited their particular environments.
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species completely unrelated to those found in South America.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Galapagos he found a remarkable population of plants, birds and reptiles that had developed in isolation from the mainland, but often differed on almost identical islands next door to one another and whose characteristics he could only explain by a gradual transformation of the various species.
Detailed explanation-2: -On the Galapagos Islands, Darwin also saw several different types of finch, a different species on each island. He noticed that each finch species had a different type of beak, depending on the food available on its island.
Detailed explanation-3: -1: Darwin’s Finches: Darwin observed that beak shape varies among finch species. He postulated that the beak of an ancestral species had adapted over time to equip the finches to acquire different food sources.
Detailed explanation-4: -Over time, Darwin began to wonder if species from South America had reached the Galapagos and then changed as they adapted to new environments. This idea-that species could change over time-eventually led to Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.