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Evolution discloses a meaning in death, although the meaning is like some of the berries that Darwin tasted in the Galapagos, “acid & Austere.” There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. Even Drought bears fruit. Even death is a seed.

— Jonathan Weiner The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (1994)

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Why are there so many kinds of animals? Adaptive radiations like Darwin’s finches are the essence of the answer.

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