Kastalia Knowledge Management System · Glasperlenspiel template · knot 4008

One Ancestor, Many Beaks

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The beaks matched the food available on each island: hard seeds, soft fruit, insects, nectar.

Darwin's explanation: all the finches descended from a single ancestral species that reached the islands long ago.

On each island: beak-shape variation + a different food source + generations of selection → a different finch.

One ancestor. One mechanism. Many birds.

Ancestors (1 superordinated path)