Maps of Galapagos Islands and Darwin's Landing points
Darwin's Great Voyage of Discovery
Link to document for our lab
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Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
Map of the H.M.S Beagle's voyage
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Timeline of the Theory of Evolution
Click on the picture to go to the interactive website by clicking on picture that summarizes the events relating to the Theory of Evolution
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Take an interactive Voyage with the Beagle
Click on the photo to link to the American Museum of Natural History's exhibition on Charles Darwin. This has a summary of Charles Darwin's life, influences, travels and ideas.
Charles Darwin on Wikipedia
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Finches of the Galapagos Islands
Speciation through song
From "Wired Science" How Darwin’s Finches Keep Their Species Separate: The shifting songs of Darwin’s finches have given new insight into processes that shape the course of evolution, preventing newly forked branches on life’s tree from growing back together. Even though it’s biologically possible for Geospiza fortis and Geospiza scandens — the original residents of the Galapagos island of Daphne Major — to interbreed with newly arrived Geospiza magnirostris, the species have stayed separate. The birds learned to sing new tunes, setting off a behavioral cascade that swept the island in just a few decades: Evolution in action, audible to the naked ear. Click