Birth of new species witnessed by scientists
Nov 18th, 2009 by Christine
From wired.com: Birth of New Species Witnessed by Scientists.
On one of the Galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young Charles Darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two.
In many ways, the split followed predictable patterns, requiring a hybrid newcomer who’d already taken baby steps down a new evolutionary path. But playing an unexpected part was chance, and the newcomer singing his own special song. [continue]