That is the essence of adaptation, and is what drives adaptive radiation
On the contrary, the theory requires the ecological context to be taken into consideration. The environmental conditions can prescribe divergence, panmixia -- even extinction.
It should also be pointed out that Darwin's theory does not require divergence.
Peter Grant writes in Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches
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