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Jarven
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I'm just wondering how many of you learned the Kettlewell experiments and how it proved solid evidence for evolution in high school?
I later learned that the Kettlewell experiment was riddled with many problems (using dead moths, assuming birds have similar human vision, contradictory data in other parts of the country collected by Kettlewell and other scientists, as well as the fact that the moths don't rest vertically on the tree trunks but rather below the branches upside down).
Why is this poor experiment commonly cited as evidence for evolution in High Schools especially with the threat of creationist belief on the rise.
I later learned that the Kettlewell experiment was riddled with many problems (using dead moths, assuming birds have similar human vision, contradictory data in other parts of the country collected by Kettlewell and other scientists, as well as the fact that the moths don't rest vertically on the tree trunks but rather below the branches upside down).
Why is this poor experiment commonly cited as evidence for evolution in High Schools especially with the threat of creationist belief on the rise.