And Evolution is OUT of the Picture!, page 12

Originally posted by DaRAGE
Genetisists have reviewed the DNA of dogs and found that they ALL come from the same animal...The Wolf

that was 200,000 years ago. How the hell can u explaint he evolution of all the different dogs we have in the time-frame of 200,000 years? Especially when only the Alpha's of the Wolves are the only ones who reproduce. And any genetic mutation from the wolves, are usually left weak, or die, and the wolves sense the weak and leave the to die.

200,000 years for all the different dogs we have. Give me a break. It wasn't evolution.

All of the dogs are still of the same species. A poodle can breed with a rotweiler. The reason there are so many different sorts of dogs, is because of human intervention and of unnatural selection (the weak also survive).

Check these out...

People have developed many new varieties of plants and animals by selective breeding. This process is similar to the bacteria experiment described above. Selection of specimens to breed based on particular traits is, in effect, changing the environment for the population. Those individuals lacking the desirable characteristics are not allowed to breed. Therefore, the following generations more commonly have the desired traits.

Species that mature and reproduce large numbers in a short amount of time have a potential for very fast evolutionary changes. Insects and microorganisms often evolve at such rapid rates that our actions to combat them quickly lose their effectiveness. We must constantly develop new pesticides, antibiotics, and other measures in an ever escalating biological arms race with these creatures. Unfortunately, there are a few kinds of insects and microbes that are now significantly or completely resistant to our counter measures, and some of these species are responsible for devastating crop losses and deadly diseases.

If evolution has occurred, there should be many anatomical similarities among varieties and species that have diverged from a common ancestor. Those species with the most recent common ancestor should share the most traits. The fact that wolves, dogs, and other members of the genus Canis are anatomically very similar, for instance, is due to the fact that they are descended from the same ancient canine species. Wolves and dogs also share similarities with foxes, indicating a slightly more distant ancestor with them.

anthro.palomar.edu...

Why don�t we see evolution in the making?
If evolution is so common, why doesn�t it happen in front of our very eyes?". If you open your eyes, you�ll see that indeed it does!! Here are some examples. You might have heard that it is becoming increasingly difficult to cure bacterial and viral infections of all sorts, from tuberculosis to aids. This is because scientists use chemical weapons to destroy the infective agents (such as antibiotics). This in turn generates strong selection in favor of those random variants of bacteria and viruses that happen to be resistant (or that are not completely killed) by the antibiotic or drug. These resistant strains will then multiply and become extremely common, simply because they are better adapted to the new environment created by the use of drugs. A similar example is provided by insects that are becoming resistant to the use of pesticides, thereby making it more difficult to protect our crops. Have you ever owned a pet? Most pets, especially dogs, but also cats, horses, fishes, and birds, have been incessantly and dramatically modified by artificial selection, the human analogue of natural selection. Do you enjoy eating big ears of corn or different variety of rice? Or perhaps you like that new type of tomato that just showed up at your grocery store. Well, these are more examples of artificial selection.

Has anybody ever observed the birth of a new species?
If Darwin�s book was called "On the origin of species", how come we have not observed the birth of a single new species? Again, this claim is simply not true. Even though the different races of dogs that we produced by artificial selection are just variations on the same theme, a dog is nevertheless no longer a wolf, the distinct species from which domesticated dogs originally derived. Biologists have been able to recreate in the laboratory species of plants which were hypothesized to have originated by natural hybridization, precisely by crossing the putative natural parents. Also, there are several observations published so far of incipient species, i.e., of species in the making. In these cases we can actually demonstrate that these populations of animals or plants do not strictly belong to a known species, yet are not entirely a new species either.

fp.bio.utk.edu...
inbio.byu.edu...&data/pdf_files/1997/dogorigin97.pdf