Peppered moths

See also

Macroevolution

Resources

Claim CB601: The traditional peppered moth story is no longer supportable

Claim CB601.1: Peppered moths do not rest on tree trunks, and pictures of them there were faked

Claim CB601.2: Peppered moths occur in uncamouflaged colors in many areas

Claim CB601.2.1: Dark moths never completely replaced light ones in Manchester

Claim CB601.2.2: In several areas dark moths were more common than expected

Claim CB601.2.3: Dark moths increased in s. Britain after pollution control began

Claim CB601.2.4: In places, light moths increased before lichens reappeared

Claim CB601.2.5: Light moths increased before trees got lighter

Claim CB601.3: Direct mutagenesis better explains peppered moth variation

Claim CB601.4: An increased recapture rate suggests fraud in Kettlewell's data

Claim CB910.2: Peppered moths remained same species

Brief responses in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

The Triumph of the Peppered Moths and the Failure of Creationism

Article by Emil Karlsson on the Debunking Denialism website.

The Peppered Moth

Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.

Why the Peppered Moth Remains an Icon of Evolution

Article by Matt Young on the Panda's Thumb blog.

Icons of Evolution?: Why Much of What Jonathan Wells Writes About Evolution is Wrong

Pages 52-56 of this article by Alan D Gishlick at the National Center for Science Education. The article is a chapter-by-chapter critique of Jonathan Wells's book Icons of Evolution.

The peppered moth story is solid

Post by Jerry Coyne on his blog Why Evolution is True.

Icon of Obfuscation: Jonathan Wells's book Icons of Evolution and why most of what it teaches about evolution is wrong

Part of an article by Nick Matzke in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Creationism As Conspiracy Theory – The Case Of The Peppered Moth

Post by Paul Braterman on his Primate's Progress blog.