Abstract
Just about everyone who has studied biology associates "Galapagos" with "finches," and both with Charles Darwin. It was Darwin's speculations on the origin of new species-and by extrapolation on the supposed process of evolution, which really put the obscure Galapagos islands "on the map." Many years have passed since Darwin published his book. There has been ample time for critical reviews of the ideas of "adaptive radiation" and new species formation. Unfortunately all too few people, be they creationist or evolutionist, have contrasted Darwin's conclusions with the facts about Galapagos.