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Hi, I need confirmation on the definition of natural selection. The definition I have at the moment (quoted from Jacaranda) is the process in which agents of selection act differentially and with no human intervention on various phenotypes in members of a population.
However, in many books, the modern examples (I'm answering 9.3.4 2nd column d.p.4) given for natural selection were often a result of human intervention on the surrounding environment.
For example the peppered moth in Britain, where pollution from increased industrialisation enhanced the survival of the black peppered moths over time and degraded the white pepper moths, through ability to camouflage due to soot deposits, is given as a modern example of natural selection although human intervention is seen through pollution.
So, I would like to ask:
Can natural selection also be a result of unintended factors of mankind such as pollution or does it have to be result of natural factors only?
Also, if possible can someone give me another modern example (preferrably Australian) of natural selection?
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However, in many books, the modern examples (I'm answering 9.3.4 2nd column d.p.4) given for natural selection were often a result of human intervention on the surrounding environment.
For example the peppered moth in Britain, where pollution from increased industrialisation enhanced the survival of the black peppered moths over time and degraded the white pepper moths, through ability to camouflage due to soot deposits, is given as a modern example of natural selection although human intervention is seen through pollution.
So, I would like to ask:
Can natural selection also be a result of unintended factors of mankind such as pollution or does it have to be result of natural factors only?
Also, if possible can someone give me another modern example (preferrably Australian) of natural selection?
Thanks