Recently I travelled to the Galapagos islands to try to follow in Darwin's footsteps and gain a deeper understanding of life on this planet. Check out my second channel ARCHIVE DIVE here: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@ArchiveDiveYoutube Find my EXTINCT BUTTERFLY POSTER here: https://store.nebula.tv/products/atlas-pro-extinct-butterfly-art-print Buy the MARS MAP here: https://store.nebula.tv/products/atlas-pro-mars-surface-art-print⁩ Get NEBULA using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/atlaspro Support me on patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro Sources / Further Reading https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12696 https://www.galapagos.org/about_galapagos/history/#:~:text=Five%20to%20ten%20million%20years,middle%20of%20the%20Pacific%20Ocean. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2008.0118 https://www.galapagos.org/about_galapagos/biodiversity/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/biology-of-island-floras/origins-and-evolution-of-galapagos-endemic-vascular-plants/18561D9350146A89CF9B5461DCDF7500 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0024406601905760 https://www.umsl.edu/~parkerp/geistdraft.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33749122/ https://www.metropolitan-touring.com/blog/nature/brief-history-of-plant-life-in-the-galapagos/ https://ecologyecuador.com/projects/galapagos/phylo-biogeography-of-galapagos-plants/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-023-00635-4 https://www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/galapagos-islands-natural-laboratory https://academic.oup.com/evolinnean/article/3/1/kzae021/7747600 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.03.560736v1.full.pdf https://www.umsl.edu/~parkerp/geistdraft.pdf https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/122418/ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/11021823.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-023-00635-4 https://peerj.com/articles/1298/ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.05.535692v2.full https://www.galapagos.org/newsroom/new-study-confirms-genetic-diversity-galapagos-giant-tortoises/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22169580882&gbraid=0AAAAAD9Yv63IitTkXuMXuO5Vny0uUtLz5&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-ZHEBhCxARIsAGGN96KLQFNKwxIl9Q7Xe_ujFckEBntEiBGZhFq_mbkRgXUVmhqGSDW8wV0aAnUpEALw_wcB https://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/maps/blue_footed_booby_map.htm https://galapagosconservation.org.uk/species/american-flamingo/