On the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin (1809 - 1882) found that flora and fauna of temperate South America are most similar to that of
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Tropical South America
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Australia
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Asia
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Europe
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Solution
The correct option is D Tropical South America Charles Darwin went on a trip aboard HMS beagle as a naturalist. The purpose of this voyage was to map the uncharted areas of south Americal coastline. Darwin observed unique species of plants and animals in South America like finches and iguana. He noticed that the temperate South American animals closely resembled the tropical South Americal animals as compared to temperate European animals. Some of the characteristics of fossils observed by him in South America were similar with the contemporary South American characters of organisms.