Darwin Found That Many Different Species of Finches Were Found

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Multiple Choice

Darwin found that many different species of finches were found on the Galapagos Islands and nowhere else.The finches were related to a species found on the mainland of South America.From this he concluded:

• A)ancestral species originated on the Galapagos Islands and some migrated to the mainland.
• B)separate acts of creation put some species on the islands and some on the mainland.
• C)an ancestral species migrated from the mainland and diverged over time into separate species on the islands.
• D)an ancestral species migrated to both South America and the Galapagos Islands from Europe and then diverged into separate species.

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