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Merge 'Directionality of Selection' section (Under Genetic Basis) with 'Classification section'?

The Directionality of Selection section seems oddly misplaced to me, and is partially redundant with the 'Classification section'. I propose that these be merged under classification Ethan Bass (talk) 15:08, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to the Bibliography

Hello everyone,

Long story short, my professor had my class and I choose and article and make edits to it as a part of our grade. I was able to add onto Darwin's adventures by going into detail on the finches and tortoises that he observed, but for some reason I can't edit the references to add mine... how would I do that?

Abrow110 (talk) 15:34, 23 November 2020 (UTC)TB[reply]

That's not how this works. The References section is generated automatically from the <ref> keywords in the rest of the text. Those are all sources for statements in the article. So, if you want your literature to end up in the References section, you need to quote from there. But the quotes need to fit the article, so usually, it's the other way around: Find a quote, add it, and give the source as a reference.

You want may want to add your literature to "Further Reading" instead. --Hob Gadling (talk) 16:31, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography

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Abrow110 (talk) 15:33, 23 November 2020 (UTC)TB[reply]

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Elephant Trunk Size Natural Selection Shazad Qureshi (talk) 18:40, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Run n Fly (talk) 18:42, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Historical development

During the sixteenth-century, the jesuit scientist José de Acosta studied natural history issues in South America. In his work: The naturall and moral historie of the East and West Indies he already studied that animal and human species can indeed adapt to the environment by natural accidents, and not only due to divine causes. This work is thought to somehow have influenced the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt as he could have studied scholars from the School of Salamanca. 150.214.205.85 (talk) 13:41, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

^ León, L. F. De; Podos, J.; Gardezi, T.; Herrel, A.; Hendry, A. P. (2014). "Darwin's finches and their diet niches: the sympatric coexistence of imperfect generalists". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27 (6): 1093–1104. doi:10.1111/jeb.12383. ISSN 1420-9101.
^ "Habitat and Diet". Darwin's Finches. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "How Darwin's finches got their beaks". Harvard Gazette. 2006-07-24. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "Adaptation in Darwins Finches". www.mun.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "Galapagos Tortoises and Evolution". American Museum of Natural History.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] León, L. F. De; Podos, J.; Gardezi, T.; Herrel, A.; Hendry, A. P. (2014). "Darwin's finches and their diet niches: the sympatric coexistence of imperfect generalists". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27 (6): 1093–1104. doi:10.1111/jeb.12383. ISSN 1420-9101.

[2] "Habitat and Diet". Darwin's Finches. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[3] "How Darwin's finches got their beaks". Harvard Gazette. 2006-07-24. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[4] "Adaptation in Darwins Finches". www.mun.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[5] "Galapagos Tortoises and Evolution". American Museum of Natural History.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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