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Natural Selection and Darwin's Finches

The finches of the Galápagos—the classic example of how natural selection works over millions of years-have now been observed to evolve in real time. A single drought can change a population

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 265 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Natural Selection and Darwin's Finches” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 265 No. 4 (), p. 82
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1091-82