Page 233 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

tific thinking is to share the shame and disappointment felt

by Coyne, to evaluate hollow Darwinist theses objectively
and honestly, and to forthwith rid himself of evolutionist
dogma.

Kettlewell's Tale Should be Removed from the
Scientific Literature

Besides committing a number of errors, Bernard
Kettlewell also ignored one very important factor. It is not
only the species B. betularia in which melanic forms have
spread in the wake of environmental pollution. An increase
in dark-colored individuals had been observed in other in-

sect species. Some 100 cases of melanism had been identi-
fied in various life forms. 304 For example, dark- colored form
had increased in the two-spotted ladybird, Adalia bipuncta-
ta, while light-colored individuals declined in numbers.
The colors in the two-spotted ladybird, approximately
3.5to 5.5 millimeters (0.1378 to 0.1969 of an inch) in size,
exhibit variation. 305 But birds do not hunt these insects be-
cause they find their taste unattractive.s In other words,
there is no question of dark-colored individuals not being

eaten by birds simply because they are better camouflaged.
Since melanic ladybirds absorb solar energy and environ-

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