Did the changes you observed in the moth populations result from individual moths changing colors? Or did they occur because the best-hidden moths survived and reproduced, passing on their colors to their offspring? Explain your answer.
Answer (1)
Moths don’t change color in their lifetime; their color is genetic. During industrialization, darker moths were harder for birds to spot, so they lived longer, had more babies, and their dark color became more common in the population through natural selection.
