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               resent a distinct human race that either be-  (See Invalidity of Micro-evolution the;
               came extinct or was assimilated by inter-  Macro-evolution Myth, the.)
               breeding with other races.            The biologist Edward S. Deevey Jr.
                                                   describes how crossing-over takes place
               Crossing-over
                                                   within specific genetic bounds:
                  This is the term for the exchange of  Some remarkable things have been done
               genes during cell division among similar  by cross-breeding . . . but wheat is still
               (homologous) chromosomes from the     wheat, and not, for instance, grapefruit.
               mother and father. Homologous chromo-  We can no more grow wings on pigs than
               somes make non-sibling chromatids spi-  hens can make cylindrical eggs. A more
               ral. Gene exchange takes place where  contemporary example is the average in-
               the two chromosomes touch one another.  crease in male height that has occurred
                                                     the past century. Through better health
               Crossing-over leads to a change in the
                                                     care, males have reached a record adult
               chromosome gene sequence. Thanks to
                                                     height during the last century, but the in-
               this phenomenon, genetic variations ari-
                                                     crease is rapidly disappearing, indica-
               se in living things, which in turn lead to
                                                     ting that we have reached our limit. 96
               intra-species variation. However, there is
                                                     In short, such research into plants and
               no question of one species changing into
                                                   animals merely gives rise to certain chan-
               another.
                                                   ges within the genetic information of a
                  Crossing-over makes for variation
                                                   species. No new genetic information is
               within a given species. Exchange of
                                                   ever added. No matter how much you in-
               single or paired components takes place
                                                   terbreed different types of dogs, cows or
               between similar chromosomes during
                                                   horses, the result will still be dogs, cows
               crossing-over. Since this will give the
                                                   or horses. No new species will emerge.
               chromosomes new combinations of ge-
               nes, offspring can possibly display cha-
               racteristics that do not exist in either of
                                                   Crossopterygian
               their parents.
                  This is an example of a typical variati-  The theory of evolution hypothesizes
               on. Genes already present in the mother  that quadrupeds (four-footed life forms)
               and father are brought together, and new  evolved from fish. But in fact, this claim
               combinations formed. But contrary to  is inconsistent, both physiologically and
               what evolutionists would have us believe,  anatomically, and has no basis in the fossil
               there can be no question, of a new species  record. If water-dwelling creatures acqui-
               emerging. Therefore, the examples of va-  red characteristics appropriate to dry land,
               riation proposed by evolutionists actually  which evolutionists supposed happened
               constitute no evidence at all for evolution.  by chance, it would give no advantage to


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