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The Error of the Evolution
of Species

No new living species can emerge by way of natural selection. The Industrial
Revolution moths are an excellent example of this. Until the last quarter of
th
the 20 century, tree trunks grew darker in color with the pollution of
Industrial Revolution. Therefore, the light-colored moths alighting on these
trees became more visible to predators, and since they were more easily
caught, their numbers declined. The numbers of dark moths, however, in-
creased.
But this, of course, is not evolution. No new species was formed, and all that
happened was a shift in ratios of variation within an existing species.

trunks. In this way, melanic forms came to appear better
camouflaged. Tutt maintained that moth-eating birds were
able to hunt light-colored moths more easily as they were
more visible, so that the number of melanic individuals in-

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