A variety of finch species within the Hawaiian Islands have acquired different types of beaks needed for utilizing specific food resources. The process by which these different species of finches came about is likely to have involved

A. natural selection.
B. evolution.
C. an accumulation of harmful genetic mutations.
D. both natural selection and evolution.
E. None of these choices are correct.


Answer: D

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