"Instant" Evolution Seen in Darwin's Finches, Study Says
Jessica Reigle
Jul. 15, 2006

Evolution may sometimes happen so fast that it's hard to catch in action, a new study of Galápagos finches suggests.

Researchers from New Jersey's Princeton University have observed a species of finch in Ecuador's Galápagos Islands that evolved to have a smaller beak within a mere two decades.

How long did this whole process take? Just one generation, wow. Usually things like this take much longer. This is what is really weird about this thing.

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Website: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060714-evolution.html

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