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The peppered moth comes in 2 varieties: dark-colored and light-colored. it is preyed upon by birds. suppose that prior to predation the population was 50% dark and 50% light, but after predation the population was 10% dark and 90% light. did evolution occur?

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Answer: No, evolution did not occur.

Reason: The birds ate most of the dark-colored moths, and the light-colored moths kept on breeding and thriving. No evolving happened.



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What occurred is known as :  Natural selection ( evolution ) i.e True evolution occured

Given that Prior predation both species has the same population i.e 50% each and after predation the dark moth had 10% of the population of moth while the light-colored moth had 90% of the moth population.

We can summarize that the the light colored moth survived the predation because they were better adapted to live and survive predation from birds which is simply a phenomenon known as Natural selection.

Hence we can conclude that a mechanism of evolution ( Natural selection ) occurred.

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