Evolution

I captured this image on a walk I recently did in Muir Woods National Park. The exercise was probably geared towards kids, (or curious folks like me) who want to know how large of a “wing” span they have and what local bird they measure up to. It immediately got me to think about Darwin’s theories on evolution and his characteristics of inheritance and natural selection. In the concept of descent with modification, these birds evolved with respect to their food source and developed random variations that allowed for their survival. There is no ideal bird among the group that all must live up to and there is not one that is better than another. And yet, it is a fun activity for humans to see where we measure up in relation to the natural world.

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