Judith Hooper
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Of Moths and Men: An Evolutionary Tale
Judith Hooper
Mutant moths and feuding scientists—the real story behind the most famous experiment in twentieth-century evolutionary biology.
As almost every high school biology student once learned, the peppered moths of England were the most renowned insects in the world. Featured in nearly every science textbook, they acquired their fame through the pioneering work of H. B. D. Kettlewell, a British physician and amateur lepidopterist who went into the woods in the 1950s to use this population of moths to capture “evolution in action.” He wanted—needed—to prove that the…
