Jeff Murrell wrote:
Susan Koziel wrote:
There are indications with animal breeds that the same
effect occurs - that each species has a max level
within it's genome for certain things like size, IQ,
speed, etc. Much of these maximums have to do which
the sheer physical nature of our parts.
Over the last 15,000 or so years we have pretty much twisted out every
every variation of Wolf -> Dog you can imagine. :)
Thoroughbred horses are an example of this. Historically the average times
of all race horses has been increasing but the record times have not
increased significantly.
In the Ky. Derby for example Secretariat's 1973 record of 1:59 2/5 still
stands. The previous record was Northern Dancer's 1964 time of 2:00. The
record in 1900 was 2:06 1/4. So in over 100 years (c.20+ generations)
maximum speed has increased by 5.7%.
How much of this can be attributed to better feed, vet care and training
though? 20 generations is not all that long.
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