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Darwin's key observations were:

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Two strange armadillo-like animals, one extinct species and one living species, were found in the same geographic area.

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Same or similar species seemed to vary somewhat in populations in different localities.

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There was geographic variation in species on islands. Different but related species lived on different islands, and island species were most closely related to species on the nearest mainland.

 

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