Q. Darwin’s finches are a good example of

A) Convergent evolution
B) Industrial melanism
C) Connecting link
D) Adaptive radiation
Explanation

[Solution from source] From an ancestral seed-eating finch, many species with different beak shapes evolved on the Galapagos Islands to use different foods. Many forms branching from one ancestor into different habitats is adaptive radiation. Convergent evolution is the reverse: unrelated lineages becoming similar. Answer (4).

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