Evolution works faster than genetic modification.

For a rather long time, farmers grew genetically created cotton plantations that isolated an insecticide (a chemical used to destroy undesirable insects on the farm or in natural communities). But now, the pest, called the boxworm, has developed an insecticide immunity and altered beetles have already spread in a number of southern US states. A generation of insect immunity to nature has grown up. This proves that natural selection can change a particular species in a rather short period of time.

University of Arizona researcher Bruce Tabashnik says: “What we see is an evolution in action. This is the first documented case of insecticide immunity. ”

Another example of natural selection, rapidly changing the species, we can see among the elephants hunted because of their ivory tusks in the 19th and 20th centuries ... Over the course of a century, the mutation of elephants has become like a forest fire. In 1998, 15% of females and 9% of male elephants were born without tusks, whereas in 1930 only 1% of individuals were deprived of tusks.
')
(Image is owned by USDA)