Page 215 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

ulation soon came to consist of dark-colored moths." 258
First, let's consider the evolutionist claims regarding a

classical instance of natural selection and perhaps the best-
known story of evolutionary biology. 259

The Story Emerges

The Industrial Revolution, which began in the 18 -19 th
th
centuries in Great Britain, was a major turning point in the
history of mankind. With the building of factories and
growth in industrial plants, the hitherto unknown problem
of air pollution emerged. Heavy pollution afflicted such
main industrial centers as Manchester, Liverpool and
Birmingham. At the same time, color changes were record-
ed in various plants and animals around these cities.
A change in color was striking in the moth species

Biston betularia, a member of the family Geometridae (en-
gineer moths) of the class Lepidoptera (butterflies and
moths). Prior to the Industrial Revolution, this species gen-
erally consisted of light-grey individuals with darker spots.
(For that reason, they are known as "peppered moths.") In
the 1850s, dark-colored individuals were in the minority.
According to some researchers, the first dark form was

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