Which of these scenarios describes the effect of isolation on the evolution of species?
• A. They all evolved separately from each other over hundreds of years.
• B. Differences in behavior can isolate populations, such as when groups of a bird population inhabit different trees in a forest.
• C. The break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea separated members of species onto two different continents. Each group evolved that eventually became two different species.
D.
Human development in a certain ecosystem separates members of a population. One group travels to reunite with the other group. The population then migrates to a different area.
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C. The break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea separated members of species onto two different continents. Each group evolved that eventually became two different species.