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Anth 1200 1. What was the important question that Wallace was trying to answer through his collection of specimens? -Where do species come from? Wallace aimed to understand the geographical distribution of species and the factors influencing their variations. 2. On the coast of Argentina, what do you think was the importance of the discovery of the glyptodon fossil? What did the fossil provide evidence of? You may want to watch the entire video before you answer this question. -According to Darwin, the fossils of glyptodont are considered as an ancient armadillo because they resemble the living armadillos in the present. These fossils serve as a strong evidence for evolution and ultimately helped Darwin to know how species had changed over the years. 3. What did the Spaniards tell Darwin regarding the differences in the tortoises? -The Spaniards told him that they could tell which island a tortoise came from, just from the shape of its shell. 4. Darwin was fascinated by the differences in the birds on each of the Galapagos Islands. According to the religious view of special creation - each type of bird had been divinely created in its distinct form. But another idea explaining the differences occurred to Darwin. What was that idea? -Darwin considered the idea of evolution through natural selection as an explanation for the diverse bird species on the Galapagos Islands. (Species change) 5 What prompted Darwin to finally share his research findings regarding the origin of species with the world? -Darwin shared his research findings in "On the Origin of Species" after receiving a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace, who had similar evolutionary ideas, to avoid being scooped in publication.

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