A population of chimpanzees was separated when the forest that they lived in had a section cut down and a town was built. After a long period of time, the chimpanzees came back into contact but were incapable of breeding. Which of the following best describes the process that occurred?
adaptation
speciation
convergent selection
stabilizing selection

Question

A population of chimpanzees was separated when the forest that they lived in had a section cut down and a town was built. After a long period of time, the chimpanzees came back into contact but were incapable of breeding. Which of the following best describes the process that occurred?
adaptation
speciation
convergent selection
stabilizing selection

anonymous · Answer

The definition of a biological species is that they will only breed with members of their own species.  If the two populations of chimps will no longer interbreed, then they are considered separate species = speciation.

anonymous · Answer

thank you