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ditions can one species arise from another. The following pages will detail how Darwin was wrong on this
matter.

The Natural Limits of Biological Change

Darwin supposed that the variations he observed in nature were never-ending. He thought that if only
a few generations could show a change in cows, dogs and pigeons, then their entire structure could un-
dergo 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.
All 20th-century attempts to breed animals and produce hybrid plants have revealed limits that can
never be crossed in the processes of natural variation. One of the most famous names in this field is Luther

Burbank, who believed that there is a hidden law in species that limits their variation:

I know from my experience
that I can develop a plum
half an inch long or one two
and a half inches long, with

every possible length in be-
tween, but I am willing to
admit that it is hopeless to
try to get a plum the size of a

small pea, or one as big as a
grapefruit. . . In short, there
are limits to the develop-
ment possible, and these

limits follow a law. . .
Experiments carried on ex-
tensively have given us sci-
entific proof of what we had

already guessed by observa-
tion; namely that plants and
animals all tend to revert, in
successive generations, to-

ward a given mean or aver-
age. . . In short, there is
undoubtedly a pull toward
the mean which keeps all

living things within some
more or less fixed limita-
tions. 103

Today, artificial
means can make a few
genetic changes in the bi-

ological structure of ani-
mals and agricultural
products. Stronger
horses and bigger cab-

bages can be produced.
But Darwin clearly drew

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