Darwin's finches have long been considered an icon of evolution. A recent analysis included 40 years of morphological measurements and genealogy tracing among four finch species on a small island in the Galapagos chain. This was coupled to 30 years of DNA sampling, including the recent sequencing of nearly 4,000 finch genomes from the same small island. The results tell us a LOT about biblical views of speciation, natural selection, and 'change over time'.



Notes and links:



Carter R, Galápagos finches, rapid speciation, and recent creation, Creation.com, 9 Nov 2023.

Wieland C, Speciation conference brings good news for creationists, J Creation 11(2):135–136, 1997.

Kaloyirou N, The remarkable Captain Robert FitzRoy, Creation 40(1):14–17, 2017.

Lightner JK, Identification of a large sparrow-finch monobaramin in perching birds (Aves: Passeriformes), J Creation 24(3):117–121, 2010.

Enbody ED et al., Community-wide genome sequencing reveals 30 years of Darwin's finch evolution, Science 381(6665):eadf6218, 2023.