The traits that make this adaptation have to do with the different environments, different types of food, specific adaptation in the physical features and why they are more beneficial than the others. The adaptation traits are developed to carry out particular functions, which allows organism to thrive in their own environment. A trait may prove to be useful for a certain species in its environment but the same trait may not be useful for another species in a different environment. Adaptation of traits and evolution goes hand in hand because the populations of all plants, living organism and animals have been changing over time during each generation and scientists call this process …show more content…
The hawk and the humming bird are divergent. The significance of adaptive radiation is that it indicated the existence of divergent evolution, which is based on the modification of homologous structures over time (Josephs, 2011). Structures and physiological processes can be similar in organisms, which are not closely phylogenetically related and they may show similar adaptations to perform the same function. These are referred to as