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This lecture by Peter and Rosemary Grant presents the results of their groundbreaking 40-year study on Darwin's finches in the Galápagos archipelago. Discover how one finch species diversified into 18 or more distinct species over a relatively brief evolutionary period of 1 million years. Explore the dynamics of contemporary evolution through their detailed investigation of four species on a single island. Learn about the mechanisms driving evolutionary processes through the combination of field observations and research into developmental and evolutionary genetics. The presentation illuminates fundamental questions about species multiplication and diversification, offering insights into how and why evolution occurs in nature.
