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The diversity in the type of beaks of finches adapted to different feeding habits on the Galapagos islands, as observed by Darwin, provides evidence for

Options

  1. Aorigin of species by natural selection
  2. Bintraspecific variations
  3. Cintraspecific competition
  4. Dinterspecific competition

Correct answer

A. origin of species by natural selection

Step-by-step solution

Birds of Galapagos islands (Darwin's finches) are believed to have evolved from ancestors on the South American mainland as a result of natural selection due to different feeding niches available to them.

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