cladogenesis
Sign in to savethumb|right|260px|An example of cladogenesis today is the Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian archipelago, to which stray organisms traveled across the ocean via ocean currents and winds. Most of the species on the islands are not found anywhere else on Earth due to evolutionary divergence.
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thumb|right|260px|An example of cladogenesis today is the Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian archipelago, to which stray organisms traveled across the ocean via ocean currents and winds. Most of the species on the islands are not found anywhere else on Earth due to evolutionary divergence.
Cladogenesis is an evolutionary splitting of a parent species into two distinct species, forming a clade.
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