A species is a group of organisms capable of mating and producing offspring, and speculation is the process of forming a new spe
cies. One way a new species may form is by geographic isolation. This occurs when members of a population are physically separated, for example, by a river, or a desert.
After the separation the two populations, responding to different conditions, will adapt differently, and so their evolutionary paths will
A) converge.
B) dissect.
C) diverge.
D) reverse.
Geographical separation of two populations is followed by their exposure to different conditions. The populations adapt themselves for prevailing conditions. In time, these two populations accumulate variations to get adapted and become reproductively isolated from each other.
Since above mentioned populations adapt two different evolutionary path and develop into two different species with time; the process is divergent evolution and the populations are said to be diverge from each other.
