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Darwin's Finches
- Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle led him to the Galapagos Islands.
- There, he observed finches with varying beak shapes adapted to different food sources, sparking his theory of evolution.
The Grants' Finch Research
- Peter and Rosemary Grant, a biologist couple, studied finches in the Galapagos for decades.
- They proved that natural selection can occur rapidly, even within a few years.
Evolutionary Equality
- All living organisms are products of billions of years of evolution.
- Humans are not the pinnacle of evolution, every species has evolved equally.