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    Darwin observed that different species of finches on the Galapagos Islands had adapted beak shapes that allowed them to acquire different food sources. He postulated that the beak of an ancestral finch species had changed over time through natural selection to enable different finch species to access diverse food sources. Darwin concluded that natural selection causes species to slowly change and adapt to their environments over many generations as less adapted individuals are less likely to survive and reproduce.

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    Darwin observed that different species of finches on the Galapagos Islands had adapted beak shapes that allowed them to acquire different food sources. He postulated that the beak of an ancestral finch species had changed over time through natural selection to enable different finch species to access diverse food sources. Darwin concluded that natural selection causes species to slowly change and adapt to their environments over many generations as less adapted individuals are less likely to survive and reproduce.

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    Darwin observed that different species of finches on the Galapagos Islands had adapted beak shapes that allowed them to acquire different food sources. He postulated that the beak of an ancestral finch species had changed over time through natural selection to enable different finch species to access diverse food sources. Darwin concluded that natural selection causes species to slowly change and adapt to their environments over many generations as less adapted individuals are less likely to survive and reproduce.

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    3.

    5
    NATURAL
    SELECTION
    ADAPTATIONS OF POLAR BEAR
    GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    • The Galapagos Islands are distributed on either
    side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean. They
    are part of the Republic of Ecuador.
    • The species were studied by Charles Darwin
    during his voyage of HMS Beagle. His
    observations and collections contributed to the
    famous Darwin's theory of evolution by means
    of natural selection.
    DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FINCHES ARE ADAPTED
    FOR THE FOOD THEY EAT
    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.

    This means a species might


    change with time. This is
    known as Evolution.
    DARWIN’S RESEARCH

    DO SPECIES CHANGE
    OVER/ADAPT WITH TIME?
    EXAMPLES OF NATURAL SELECTION
    1858 -
    THEORY OF
    EVOLUTION
    BY NATURAL
    SELECTION
    SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!!
    •Darwin thought that in each generation, the
    better adapted individuals survive longer
    and reproduce more successfully. They pass
    more copies of their genetic materials to the
    next generation.
    •Less adapted individuals do not survive so
    long and have less chances of reproducing.

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