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 best describes the process that occurred? stabilizing selection adaptation convergent selection speciation

Explanation:

• Stabilizing selection preserves average traits, not related to speciation here.
• Adaptation is about traits fitting environment, not reproductive isolation.
• Convergent selection leads to similar traits in different species, not applicable.
• Speciation is the formation of new species; the chimps became reproductively isolated (couldn’t breed), indicating new species formed via allopatric speciation (geographic separation led to reproductive isolation).

Answer:

speciation