The Quiz: What famous naturalist is associated with finches?
A Charles Darwin
B David Attenborough
C E.O. Wilson
The finch specimens collected by Darwin on the second Beagle voyage to the Galápagos weren’t of particular interest at first. However, upon further study it was discovered that the 15 collected species exhibited a variety of beak characteristics, and those differences eventually helped inform the theory of polymorphism and the evolution of species by natural selection. The various species later became known as Darwin’s finches.
The correct answer to this quiz is Charles Darwin.