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Recent examples of natural selection include:

  • The peppered moth's change in predominant colour during and after the industrial revolution.
  • A number of experiments performed by Richard Lenski, in which he not only witnessed increased fitness due to adaptation, but also the emergence of new traits responsible for some of those increases.
  • The nylonase bacterium, which adapted to an environment rich with industrial wastes.


Kettlewell, H. B. (1973). The Evolution of Melanism: The study of a recurring necessity.. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

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