Reproduction Enhancement Theory

The **Reproduction Enhancement Theory** is an scientific theory that attempts to explain the rapid adaptability of the Ontarian race. A unified theory that examines what allows Ontarians to evolve faster than humanity.

## Observed Rapid Evolution

Despite starting their evolutionary journey in much the same way humans have, Ontarian biology has out paced that of humans.

Frayans are far stronger, Swifters faster. Volants have developed flight and Pura underwater survival adaptations.

Humans and Ontarians are subject to evolution by natural selection. If they have the right biological characteristics to survive an environment more successfully, they will thrive and populations will grow. Humans have worked their way to the top of the food chain as one of their ancestors developed larger brains. Larger brains meant learning, knowledge retention, introspection and experimentation. Societies developed that formed cultures binding groups together, and used tools to thrive and overcome a lack of strength compared to other animals around them. Ontarians are no different, if a Ontarian wanders onto a wide open plain populated by fast moving predators and fast moving prey. Only the fastest could avoid being hunted and could successfully hunt. Those that survive were faster than others and reproduced creating equally fast descendants. Those individuals would form the basis of the Swift Tribe.

However unlike humanity Ontarian biology seems to respond to the environment, and develop the adaptations faster over a wider gene pool, eventually to be tested by Natural Selection.

Scientific journals from stone age Intelligen Tribe members, show that Intelligen scientists have been grappling with the question of rapid Ontarian evolution for centuries.

Intelligen have recorded the distinct formation of Ontarian tribes for most of recorded history.

## Scientific Exploration

Intelligen once thought that Ontarians rapidly adapted through a process humans would recognise as Eugenics. It has since been discarded as an unfeasible and immoral process.

The accelerated evolutionary advancement of Ontarians is due to stress induced DNA mutations and cross tribal procreation.

When pre-stone age Ontarians moved to a new environment classic natural selection took place, pushing individuals most capable of surviving to the top of the food chain. Societies and cultures developed around these groups bettered adapted to survive. This is where stress induced mutations occur. The environment "selected" individuals for survival, and therefore their attributes, attributes formed by DNA strands. In subsequent generations of those survivors, mutations would more frequently occur in those DNA strands. It was like the DNA knew what was working and focused on enhancing itself from within.

This is supported by more frequent evolutionary dead ends in the fossil record both for Ontarians and their common ancestors.

Intelligen have yet to determine what causes this specific mutation process, when it should be very general across DNA.

Also since a particular subset of the population of early tribes were drawn to procreating with each other, tribal DNA would jump tribes and rapidly spread. Ontarian DNA is also capable of identifying new strands that actually enhance others. The Pura Tribe for example posses greater bone density and durability, allowing them to swim deep into the oceans. Intelligen believe this ability came from Frayan DNA being introduced into the population. The Pura Tribe's DNA rapidly recognised the new DNA that promoted Frayan durability and incorporated it into Pura tribe genetics. Something that should have taken generations to achieve.

Intelligen have also been unable to determine how this process is possible.

## The Importance of Reproduction

What has been proved is that for the Ontarian race to produce more than a dozen different tribes with specialised powers, it was vital that the tribes intermingled.

If the tribes had developed in isolation it's more than likely the tribes would be no stronger, faster or intelligent than humanity.

This necessity has manifested culturally, as demonstrated by a lack of racism and bigotry in modern day Ontarian society and the existence of Sanctuary City.