Aug 3, 2019
In this video I talk about research I'm doing on understanding the shapes of different bird's beaks. And how that is related to evolution.
The birds called darwin's finches, were collected by darwin when he was traveling on his expeditions. Eventually people figured out that these birds are important for the theory of evolution because they all evolved from a single ancestor a couple of million years ago.
Through the research of peter and rosemary grants, people found out that these birds are actually evolving in front of our eyes from generation to generation. Their beaks are constantly being shaped all the time.
My research focuses on finding mathematical methods that can analyze the differences between the shapes of beaks.