Charles Darwin studied the finches carefully when he visited the Galapagos in eighteen thirty-five.

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The finches of the Galapagos, known as Darwin's finches, are the best known example, a single ancestral species from South America having given rise to 15 specialized forms in just the last two million years.

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Lake Malawi is a UNESCO World Heritage site and UNESCO says the lake's importance for studying the evolution of fish is comparable with finches in the Galapagos Islands.

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