NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -While visiting the Galapagos in 1835, British naturalist Charles Darwin observed local plants and animals. He became fascinated by species that seemed related to ones found on the mainland-but that also had many physical variations unique to different islands.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Darwin was 22 years old when he visited the Galapagos Islands on September 1835. An amateur geologist and had a very interesting curiosity on beetles.

Detailed explanation-3: -A voyage of discovery The Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands on 15 September 1835, nearly four years after setting off from Plymouth, England. The visit to the Galapagos would prove the starting point from which Darwin would develop his theories on evolution and secure his enduring fame.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Galapagos Islands were discovered in 1535 when father Tomas Berlanga, the bishop of Panama sailed to Peru to settle a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and his lieutenants after the conquest of the Incas.