Favorable adaptations build up in a population over many generations due to long-term environmental change. What is the most likely result of this process?

As favorable adaptations accumulate over many generations, a population may become increasingly different from its ancestors. If those differences eventually prevent it from reproducing with the original population, a new species has formed. This process is called speciation, so the best answer is C, speciation.

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