Question

What is adaptation radiation ? How does Darwin explain this process??

Answer 1

Adaptive radiation is an evolutionary process that produces new species from a single, rapidly diversifying lineage. This process occurs due to natural selection. An example of adaptive radiationis Darwin finches, found in Galapagos Island.

Answer 2

The type of evolution in which the species gets evolved in a particular area beginning from a small area and then radiating to some other parts of the habitat is called adaptation radiation.

Darwin explained the process of this evolution by giving the example of Darwin's finches found in the Islands of Galapagos. Many varieties of these finches were found in the Islands. Slowly, the finches changed their type of beaks from seed feeders to insects and vegetable eaters.