It's humbling to think of seeing an entire subspecies being wiped out by this one simple event. I saw Lonesome George in person just last December - although a

It's humbling to think of seeing an entire subspecies being wiped out by this one simple event. I saw Lonesome George in person just last December - although at a fair distance (he wasn't particularly friendly to the tourists!) On the same trip we saw a whole new hybrid species that had never been seen before - as confirmed by the scientists at the same place that George lived. The whole cycle of evolution is visible in a very small and isolated location.