Science Common Sense

1620 - What is the relationship between evolution and the formation of species.

Evolution and the formation of species are closely related.

Evolution is when living things change over time because of tiny changes in their bodies. These changes can help them survive better in their environment.

When these changes happen over many generations, groups of living things can become different from each other. After a long time, these groups can become so different that they can't mate and have babies with other groups.

This is when a new species is formed. A species is a group of living things that can mate and have babies together, but not with other groups.

So, evolution is like the engine that drives the formation of new species. It's a slow process that happens over thousands or millions of years, but it's how all the different kinds of living things on Earth came to be.