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Author Topic:   Wells' Icons of Evolution - Peppered Moths
Rick Rose
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Message 49 of 88 (108506)
05-15-2004 11:43 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by crashfrog
04-24-2004 2:44 AM


I read this entire thread yestersay.
I first read about the moth argument about twenty five years ago. In my way of thinking, the subject does not prove or disprove evolutionary theory.
Within the gene pool of the moth, there was the possibility of white and black, if I am correct. The trees became polluted. The white moths were picked off by birds leaving only the black moths to reproduce. The species didn't change. The black moths were always present, but now they became predominant. When the situation reversed, the black moths were picked off. The few remaining white moths were left to reproduce.
So how can an evolutionist or a creationist use this argument to support thier respective beliefs? I went back to the beggining of the thread because I wasen't sure where to plug this piece.

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Rick Rose
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Message 51 of 88 (108818)
05-17-2004 2:35 PM
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05-15-2004 11:49 PM


So frequency of population changed, but genetic structure of black or white moth did not change. Correct? If that defines natural selection, I accept.
rickrose, always learning

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Rick Rose
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Message 53 of 88 (108951)
05-18-2004 12:15 AM
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05-17-2004 3:10 PM


Re: Change in Population
As such Ned, I accept natural selection.
rickrose

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Rick Rose
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Message 55 of 88 (109046)
05-18-2004 1:57 PM
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05-18-2004 1:37 AM


Mutation is a deep well.
rickrose

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Rick Rose
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Message 57 of 88 (109146)
05-18-2004 10:06 PM
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05-18-2004 4:19 PM


Re: How right you are!
You don't miss a lick. Great pun.
rickrose

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