How is camouflage an adaptation?
A random genetic mutation gave rise to the dark phenotype of the peppered moth. The variation within the peppered moth population allowed the species to survive under the changing environmental conditions. Charles Darwin said that the process that eliminates creatures with inferior traits and preserves those with superior traits is known as natural selection. The case of the peppered moth is an example of how environmental changes brought about by human activities can affect the course of evolution. The Theory of Natural Selection as put forth by Charles Darwin suggests that “those individuals who possess superior physical, behavioral, or other attributes are more likely to survive than those which are not so well endowed.” Those organisms that survive are more likely to produce offspring with the same advantages for survival thus increasing the population of the organism. An organism that produces a large number of offspring is deemed fit. (Fitness has nothing to do with the size or s
