| Darwin's
Finches, finch species on Galápagos
Islands, are significant because his observations of these species lead
ultimately to the formulation by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) of his theories of natural selection, the process
whereby evolution
takes place. Darwin's work, Origin
of the Species (1859) is available for reading online. Photograph
of Charles Darwin.
______________________ The following book goes back to the Galápagos Islands, back to "Darwin's Finches" to tell the story of Evolution.  "The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time" by Jonathan Weiner
This book won a Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction!
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| See, Virtual Galápagos for an excellent treatment of this subject matter. Click here for a nice black & white illustration of "Darwin's Finch". | |
