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THE SUPERWOLF - A TEST OF EVOLUTION

	The idea is that if the theory of evolution in its present
form is correct, it shouldn't be easy to breed superior animals, i.e.
animals that will displace the wild type in the environment from
which the genetic material came.

	Thus suppose we take 100 wolves from a given area of Canada
and breed them for 10 generations selecting traits believed to fit
them for life in the wild.   Mutagens are not to be used, just
selection.

	Then they are turned loose in the environment from which
their ancestors came.  If they quickly displace the wild stock,
something has got to be wrong, because evolutionary theory would
say that if such a superior wolf were so easily breedable, it would
have arisen naturally.

	Actually, the best test would be a species that has existed
in an unchanged environment for many millions of years.  Then one could easily
claim that the superior variety should have arisen naturally.  Some
sea or lake animal might be the best possibility.
It might be better not to try to breed a super cockroach.