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lation. Darwin concluded that these varieties turned into sep-
arate species by mating among themselves.
When Darwin assembled all these instances of variation,

he was led to think that unlimited modification occurred in
nature and that to develop brand-new species, orders and
classes, only a long period of time was required. But Darwin
was wrong.
Once Upon a Time There Was Darwinism
When individuals with a given dominant characteristic
are selected and bred, only better and stronger members of
that species are produced. But this selective breeding can't

possibly produce a different species. For example, a horse
cannot descend from a cat, nor a giraffe from a gazelle, or a
plum from a pear. Peaches do not turn into bananas nor do
carnations turn into roses. In short, under no conditions can
one species arise from another. The following pages will de-
tail how Darwin was wrong on this matter.

The Natural Limits of Biological Change

Darwin supposed that the variations he observed in na-
ture were never-ending. He thought that if only a few genera-
tions could show a change in cows, dogs and pigeons, then
their entire structure could undergo alteration if given
enough time. But in the 150 years that have passed since then,
countless different experiments and observations have
proven this supposition to be utterly false.

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