New Scientist
Image: David Cook Wildlife Photography
There’s more to Darwin’s finches than meets the eye. Famously, the 14 species found on the Galapagos islands are distinguished from one another largely by differences in beak shape. But the first full genome analysis of the birds shows the approach isn’t foolproof, because some characteristic beak shapes appear to have evolved on two or three separate occasions.
The finches are named in Darwin’s honour because he was the first to collect them – during his time on the Beagle – and later referred to them when he was formulating his theory of natural selection. Read more on newscientist.com…
