The Beak of the Finch
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time is a 1994 nonfiction book about evolutionary biology, written by Jonathan Weiner. It won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. In 2014
Darwin's finches
The island Daphne Major where most of the research described in Beak of the Finch takes place
Peter and Rosemary Grant
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Peter Raymond Grant and Barbara Rosemary Grant are a British married couple who are evolutionary biologists at Princeton University. Each currently holds the position of emeritus professor. They are k
The Beak of the Finch
…show diverging evolution to exploit several ecological niches in the rugged and dry Galápagos Islands. Weiner follows the careers of two biologists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, and several of their graduate students, including Dolph Schluter, Trevor Price, James (Jamie) Smith, and Peter Boag. The Grants spent more than thirty…
Dr. Peter Grant measures bill length
Rosemary Grant with hummingbird