Charles Darwin’s Galápagos collections

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Charles Darwin’s Galápagos collections are the specimens and observations he gathered on the Galápagos Islands that later played a pivotal role in shaping his theory of evolution by natural selection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical scientific artifact ⓘ
scientific collection ⓘ
analyzedBy John Gould ⓘ
analyzedInDiscipline ornithology ⓘ
associatedWithConcept biogeography ⓘ
endemic species ⓘ
speciation ⓘ
collectedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
collectedDuring voyage of HMS Beagle ⓘ
collectedInYear 1835 ⓘ
collectedOn Galápagos Islands ⓘ
curatedBy British naturalists in the 19th century ⓘ
currentlyHeldAt Cambridge University Herbarium ⓘ
Cambridge University Museum of Zoology ⓘ
Natural History Museum, London ⓘ
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ⓘ
linked to: Kew
documentedOnIslands Floreana Island ⓘ
Isabela Island ⓘ
San Cristóbal Island ⓘ
Santiago Island ⓘ
hasScientificSignificance evidence for adaptive radiation ⓘ
evidence for common ancestry ⓘ
evidence for geographic variation between islands ⓘ
includes Darwin’s finch specimens ⓘ
Darwin’s mockingbird specimens ⓘ
Darwin’s tortoise specimens ⓘ
field notes ⓘ
geological field observations ⓘ
plant herbarium sheets ⓘ
specimen labels with island provenance ⓘ
includesSpecimensOfType birds ⓘ
geological samples ⓘ
insects ⓘ
mammals ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
plants ⓘ
reptiles ⓘ
influencedWork On the Origin of Species ⓘ
notableFor Galápagos finches ⓘ
Galápagos mockingbirds ⓘ
Galápagos tortoises ⓘ
referencedIn Darwin’s Journal of Researches ⓘ
Darwin’s notebooks on transmutation of species ⓘ
linked to: Darwin manuscripts
researchUse historical biogeography studies ⓘ
modern evolutionary biology studies ⓘ
timeSpanOfCollection September 1835 ⓘ
transportedBy HMS Beagle ⓘ
usedFor development of theory of evolution by natural selection ⓘ

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woodpecker finch → discoveredInContext → Charles Darwin’s Galápagos collections ⓘ