Darwin’s observations of finches indicated descent with?

Question

Darwin’s observations of finches indicated descent with

A modification in bills.

B inheritance of large bills.

C convergence.

Answer 1

A.

Note this is NOT evidence of evolution.

It is an example of natural selection.

E (goo-to-you) is the hypothesis that animals can change into different kinds of animals by means of natural selection working on genetic mutations.

These alleged mutations need to have added vast amounts of genetic information. However no such genetic mutation has ever been observed. Mutations are information neutral or lossy.

'But E is too slow to see' protest the Eists. Well then it's not observable and not worthy of being even called a theory. In any case, time is the enemy - mutations are resulting in the degradation of the gene pool - that is observable.

Answer 2

A) modification in bills

Descent with modification is a large part of Darwin's evolutionary observation.  The finches were all descended from a common finch, but they had drastically different bills (some for large seeds, some for small seeds, some for insect, etc.)