NEET Biology question

The diversity in the type of beaks of finches adapted to different feeding habits on the Galapagos Islands, as observed by Darwin, provides evidence for

(A)Intraspecific competition
(B)Interspecific competition
(C)Origin of species by natural selectionCorrect
(D)Origin of species by mutation

Answer: (C)

Solution

Darwin, during his famous voyage, observed that finches from various islands of the Galapagos had beaks of different sizes and shapes, adapted to the different food types available on each island. He concluded that the ancestral finches, on reaching different islands, occupied empty

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