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CHAPTER 5.

THE "INDUSTRIAL-REVOLUTION
MOTH" ERROR

s you know, natural selection is one of
the two mechanisms that represent the
A foundation of Darwinism and are sug-
gested to bring about evolution. One of the most

important alleged proofs of natural selection's evo-
lutionary power is, besides the myth of the
Galapagos finches, have just been looking at, the
darkening of the color of Biston betularia moths in
Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution. 253 This
example, regarded as prime evidence of evolution,
appears in just about every biology textbook and

evolutionist resource, and is usually the first sce-
nario that comes to mind when the theory of evolu-
tion is mentioned.
The British entomologist Bernard Kettlewell,
renowned for his research into these Industrial-
Revolution moths, describes them as "the most strik-
ing evolutionary change ever actually witnessed in
any organism." 254 Philip MacDonald Sheppard, a
British geneticist, states that the Industrial-