达尔文原来是在这里获得《进化论》的灵感的

2014年12月26日 美国国家地理频道


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加拉帕戈斯群岛位于太平洋东部,群岛由7个大岛,23个小岛,50多个岩礁组成。这里的每座岛屿都各具特色。岛上不仅生长着各种珍奇的植物,还居住着许多珍稀动物。群岛上的生物独特性启发了达尔文,他对物种起源的研究改变了人们对地球生命的整体理解。



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· The Galapagos Islands are home to one of the most unique ecosystems in the world. Of the 9,000 species here, over 80% of its land birds and 97% of its reptiles and land mammals are found nowhere else on earth.

· The marine iguana, flightless cormorant, and the world’s only nocturnal gull are just some examples of the unusual creatures found only in the Galapagos.

· The Galapagos are situated on an active volcanic area that is called the ‘Galapagos Hotspot’ that regularly produces new islands. This geological feature and the islands’ deep isolation in the Pacific were key in the evolution of its unique animals and plants.

· The islands that make up the Galapagos Archipelago have very different ages. The westernmost of the archipelago is the youngest, at approx. 700,000 years, while the easternmost is the oldest, at approx. 4 million years.


· The land animals found on the Galapagos are descendants of those that were once swept there from the mainland of South America. Some are thought to have drifted on pieces of wood and branches, while others floated over.


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