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Several scientists pointed out that the case of the peppered moth points out to natural selection, and not evolution, yet there are still many who tout it as proof of evolution.  Overlooked and ignored in Kettlewell's experiments - and seemingly repeated by later researchers - was that some of the experiments were staged.  To prove his theory that birds actively predated on the moths by color, Kettlewell needed to have the moths rest on the tree trunks during the day; the moths, however, rest normally in unexposed positions higher up in the tree, such as underneath leaves and branches where there is dark shade.  To get them on the trunks, Kettlewell had taken dead moths and either glued or pinned them on.  In his paper Michael Majerus also stated there were errors in the experiment, but still called for the subject to be taught in schools<ref>http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12052-008-0107-y</ref>, despite observed evidence that the peppered moth very rarely rests during the daytime on tree trunks, the primary reason for the theory in the first place<ref>http://creation.com/the-moth-files</ref><ref>http://www.talkreason.org/articles/icon.cfm</ref>.

Several scientists pointed out that the case of the peppered moth points out to natural selection, and not evolution, yet there are still many who tout it as proof of evolution.  Overlooked and ignored in Kettlewell's experiments - and seemingly repeated by later researchers - was that some of the experiments were staged.  To prove his theory that birds actively predated on the moths by color, Kettlewell needed to have the moths rest on the tree trunks during the day; the moths, however, rest normally in unexposed positions higher up in the tree, such as underneath leaves and branches where there is dark shade.  To get them on the trunks, Kettlewell had taken dead moths and either glued or pinned them on.  In his paper Michael Majerus also stated there were errors in the experiment, but still called for the subject to be taught in schools<ref>http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12052-008-0107-y</ref>, despite observed evidence that the peppered moth very rarely rests during the daytime on tree trunks, the primary reason for the theory in the first place<ref>http://creation.com/the-moth-files</ref><ref>http://www.talkreason.org/articles/icon.cfm</ref>.

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