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The Error of the Evolution
of Species

and habits. Ornithologists distinguish between them mainly

on the basis of beak shape and body size.
These birds' profound influence had on Darwin is de-
scribed in various accounts:

The finches, then, did play a role in the formulation of
Darwin's theory and they became an important part of his
evidence for the role of natural selection in evolution. 215

In fact, Charles Darwin looked to 13 different species of
finches from the Galapagos Islands to help bolster his theo-
ries of evolution. 216

Evolutionists ever since Darwin have claimed that the
present-day Galapagos finches evolved from a single
species that arrived long ago from South America. At every
opportunity, they use these birds as an example of evolu-
tion through natural selection, and portray them as one of
the best-known proofs of evolution. Morever, evolutionists

claim that studies on the finches provide an overwhelming
evidence for the role of evolutionary process in generating
the extensive biodiversity. 217
Evolutionists refer to how different forms emerge as the
result of a single species settling in various environments as
adaptive radiation. They portray the so-called evolution of
finches living on the Galapagos as a classic example of this;

and may go even further and claim that the same process

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