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What was Darwin's initial belief about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?
What was Darwin's initial belief about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?
- He assumed they were all from the same species
- He thought they were different bird families (correct)
- He considered them to be blackbirds
- He believed they were all finches
What was one of the weaknesses in Darwin's Finch study?
What was one of the weaknesses in Darwin's Finch study?
- Lack of records on the location of every collected species (correct)
- Insufficient data on the genetic variation among the finches
- Failure to recognize the common ancestor of the finches
- Inability to identify the environmental conditions related to the adaptations
What did Darwin hypothesize about the finches he observed?
What did Darwin hypothesize about the finches he observed?
- Finches shared a common ancestor (correct)
- Each type of finch evolved independently
- All finches belonged to the same species
- The finches were unrelated to each other
What did Darwin's study of the Galapagos finches contribute to the development of?
What did Darwin's study of the Galapagos finches contribute to the development of?
What did Darwin later discover about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?
What did Darwin later discover about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?
What did Darwin initially think the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands were?
What did Darwin initially think the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands were?
What did Darwin later discover about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?
What did Darwin later discover about the birds he collected on the Galapagos Islands?
What did Darwin hypothesize about the finches he observed?
What did Darwin hypothesize about the finches he observed?
What was one of the weaknesses in Darwin's Finch study?
What was one of the weaknesses in Darwin's Finch study?
What helped Darwin develop his theory of 'evolution by natural selection'?
What helped Darwin develop his theory of 'evolution by natural selection'?
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