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environmental and ecological factors. The fossil record shows
that once birds were able to take to the air and migrate,
there was rapid diversification. Again, when the asteroid
impact that wiped out all the non-avian dinosaurs, it also

resulted in the extinction of most avian dinosaur (bird)
species. The plethora of new environmental niches again
allowed birds to diversify rapidly. That expansion and
diversification had been duplicated whenever the opportunity
has presented itself.

Yet birds are not the only examples of rapid diversification.
Cichlid fishes in Africa's Rift valley have exhibited the
same diversification whenever new lakes were formed and
founder populations made their way into them. The same has
occurred with Anole lizards on Caribbean Islands.

Charles Darwin made remarkable observations 150 years ago and
since then biologists, geneticists, geologists, biochemists
and other related fields have continued to do so and in every
case further evidence is accumulated in support of what is
now called the Modern Synthesis of Evolution.

Explaining General Patterns in Species Abundance and
Distributions

https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/explainin
g-general-patterns-in-species-abundance-and-23162842

Anole lizard evolution

New Lizard Shows Evolution’s Predictability

https://www.quantamagazine.org/anole-lizard-discovery-
confirms-that-evolution-is-predictable-20160629/

The Rapid-Fire Evolution of Green Anoles
https://scitechdaily.com/rapid-fire-evolution-green-anoles/