The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time California and wildlife areas

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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time California and wildlife areasOn a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch. In this remarkable story, Jonathan Weiner follows these