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2. Peppered moths are typically either white with black speckles or black with white speckles. Before the Industrial Revolution, the lighter moths were more prevalent. After the Industrial Revolution, the darker moths thrived in cities. This was because

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The pollution in the cities darkened basically everything, meaning the lighter colored moths were more visible, and were targeted. The dark ones, as a rule, lived whereas the light ones did not. This is an example of evolution.
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