Two Princeton scientists have just won a major international science prize. Their subject: the evolution of beak morphology among the different, though closely related, finch species in the Galapagos. Those very same finch species in the early 19th Century inspired a young visditor named Charles Darwin. And we know what evolved from that.
Posted by: atowhee | June 20, 2009
Finch beak researchers win science prize
Posted in birding, birds, finches, research, tropical birds | Tags: charles dawin, evolution, Galapagos, Kyoto Prize
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A big tip of the hat to the Grants! Patient research under difficult circumstances to get to know every finch on Daphe Major in the Galapagos, well documented in Weiner’s “The Beak of the Finch”.
For another idea of speciation, see Lynn Margulies’ “Acquiring Genomes”.
By: terrydarc on June 23, 2009
at 4:19 pm