ICR:Did you know...that the peppered moth does not prove evolution?

   Years ago, back before the industrial revolution in England, the
common peppered moth existed in two shades, light and dark. Most were
of the lighter variety, for the lichen-covered trees provided an
effective camouflage for them. The darker ones were more easily seen by
birds, therefore more easily victims of prey, and thus fewer in number.
Together, they constituted one freely interbreeding species, with
parents capable of producing both light and dark, much like both brown
and blue-eyed children being produced within the same family.

   Industrial pollution in the late 1880's, however, darkened the
trees, making the darker moths less likely to be eaten, and causing
them to become the more common shade. Now, as the environment has been
somewhat cleaned up, the lighter shade is making a comeback.

   Is this a good example of evolution? Many textbooks and exhibits
claim it to be the proof of evolution! But where is the change? The
peppered moth has not changed, only the ratio of light-to-dark
individuals. Both shades were there at the start, in the middle, and at
the end. This is an example of natural selection, but this is not
evolution!
