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What happened to the ancestor of the honeycreeper when it left the mainland and encountered the diverse niches of Hawaii?
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It radiated adaptively into many new species. This is common when a species encounters diverse niches of Island groups. See Darwin's finches.
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What happened to the ancestor of the honey creeper when it left the mainland and encountered the diverse niches of Hawaii?
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What happened to the ancestor of the honey creeper when it left the mainland encountered the diverse niches of Hawaii?
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