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In what group of islands did Darwin make important observations?
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The Galápagos Islands was where Charles Darwin theorised on the science of evolution.
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What group of islands did Charles Darwin explore in 1831?
Galapagos Islands
What is the name of the group of islands Charles Darwin made famous?
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Where did Charles Darwin go on a trip to to do his research?
To a group of islands 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador called The Galapagos Islands.
What island group off the coast of South America was made famous by Charles Darwin?
Galapagos island was made famous by Charles Darwin because of the discovery of the Galapagos tortoise.
The life found on this island group provide the basis for much of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution?
The Galapagos Islands.
The life found on this island group provided the basis for much of Charles Darwin's theory evolution?
The Galapagos Islands.
Three of Darwin's observations on galapago islands?
Darwin in the Galapagos IslandsThree of Darwin's observations on the plants and animals of the Galapagos Islands contributed to his realization that species are not immutable, specially created forms. First, he saw that closely related populations on nearby islands vary in appearance, as he explained in The Voyage of the Beagle1: "My attention was first thoroughly aroused, by comparing together ... the mocking-thrushes, when, to my astonishment, I discovered that all those from Charles Island belonged to one species (Mimus trifasciatus); all from Albemarle Island to M. parvulus; and all from James and Chatham Islands ... belonged to M. melanotis."Second, Darwin noted that the inhabitants of an island usually have close affinities with forms on the adjacent continent, rather than with species occupying similar environments elsewhere in the world. This seemed to suggest that they were not created independently1: "It is probable that the islands of the Cape de Verd group resemble, in all their physical conditions, far more closely the Galapagos Islands, than these latter physically resemble the coast of America, yet the aboriginal inhabitants of the two groups are totally unlike; those of the Cape de Verd Islands bearing the impress of Africa, as the inhabitants of the Galapagos Archipelago are stamped with that of America."Third, after returning to England, Darwin was informed by the ornithologist John Gould that many of the bird species in the Galapagos Islands that seemed to belong to different families were, in fact, all related members of a single family, previously unknown to science - and now known as Darwin's finches. Darwin quickly realized the implications of such phenotypic and ecological diversity1: "Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really fancy that from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species has been taken and modified for different ends."
What are the group of islands that are part of Alaska called?
This group of islands is called the Aleutian Islands.
Which group of islands are located in the Caribbean seas?
The Bahamas are the group of islands. The other group of islands is called the higher Antilles. The third group is called the lower Antilles.
Group of islands in the sea?
an extensive group of islands is known as an archipelago
What is a big group of islands called?
A group of islands is called an archipelago.
what is large group of islands called?
An 'archipelago' means 'a large group of islands'
