The wide variety of finches Darwin observed in the Galápagos was thought provoking because they appeared to have descended from _____ population. Today, we regard this as an example of _____.

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The finches Darwin observed in the Galápagos Islands are considered to have descended from the same ancestral population, and their diversification into a variety of species with different beak shapes and sizes is a classic example of adaptive radiation. This process involves the rapid evolution of an ancestral species into new species that exploit different ecological niches.

The Wide Variety of Finches Darwin Observed in the Galápagos