Page 150 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

The Error of the Evolution
of Species

there are a large number of variations: bulldogs, Italian poo-

dles, German shepherds, Turkish Kangals, Dalmatians,
Chows, Shih Tzus and many more such breeds. There are
also many varieties in the fruit and vegetables we eat every
day, with different tastes, nutritional contents, shelf lives
and other characteristics.
But such variation represents no evidence for evolution.
It represents only the emergence of different combinations

of already existing genetic information, and does not en-
dow resulting offspring with any new genetic information.
The crucial question for the theory of evolution is of how
brand-new information that can create—and define—a
brand-new species could come into being.
Variation always takes place within the boundaries of
genetic information, which bounds are referred to as the
gene pool. All the characteristics in a living species' gene
pool may emerge at various times, in various forms, thanks

to variation. As a result, for example, breeds of reptiles may
emerge with a longer tail or slightly shorter legs than others
of their species, but the genetic information for a long tail
or short legs already exists in the reptiles' gene pool. Yet

Variations give rise to certain observable changes within the limits
of a species' genetic information, but they never impart new genet-
ic information to a given species. The roses shown opposite verleaf
possess different features from one another. Yet they are all still
the same species of rose, and can cross-pollinate with one another.

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