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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

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intrasecific competition

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interspecific competition

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origin of species by natural selection

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origin of species by mutation.

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Darwin during his famous voyage, observed that finches from various islands of Galapagoshad beaks of different sizes and shapes. He observed that this was due to adaptation to different available food types. He concluded that the ancestral finches on reaching different islands occupied all empty ecological niches in absence of competition and evolved into different species. This provide evidences for origin of species by natural selection.
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