What describes the process of adaptive radiation?

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Darwin's finches were the result of adaptive radiation. One species coming to the Galapagos Islands radiated throughout all the Islands becoming many species fulling many different niches. Another example is the demise of the dinosaurs. Mammals radiated out from small, general beginnings to fill all the niches left by the extinct dinosaurs.
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