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Article: Evolution in action, by Darwin's finches.
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- July 27, 2006
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Byline: Bob Holmes
Jul 27, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Peter and Rosemary Grant, biologists at Princeton University, have been able to observe an evolutionary change from start to finish. They found that Geospiza fortis, a species of Darwin's finch in the Galapagos, evolved a smaller beak during a drought in 2004 to avoid competing with a larger ground finch, Geospiza magnirostris. Not all scientists are satisfied with the explanation of the phenomenon provided by the Grants. Andrew Hendry, of ...