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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Finches Why did Darwin believe his finches he observed had a common ancestor?

Question by On The Wings Of Love: Why did Darwin believe his finches he observed had a common ancestor?
You know… The finches he observed in the Galapagos Islands.

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Answer by emucompboy
You know what’s funny? When Darwin found ‘em he didn’t know they were finches because they didn’t look like finches. He tentatively called them other things.

He sent them home to an ornithologist. This guy decided that they were finches, and pointed out that they were similar to a bird that Darwin had brought back from mainland South America.

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