Study pinpoints when the Galápagos Islands developed their unique ecology

(University of Colorado at Boulder) A new study in Earth and Planetary Science Letters shows the geologic formation of one part of the Galapagos Islands archipelago — the one responsible for the biodiversity — formed roughly 1.6 million years ago.

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Study pinpoints when the Galápagos Islands developed their unique ecology

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