2006-10-10 07:08:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes. A species that breed faster and dies faster evolves faster.
For instance. Disease resistant bacteria evolved in only 60 years. They live anywhere from one day to 3 months for a given specific bacteria. Dogs have evolved from wild canines to an animal that is actually shown to bond to humans if exposed to them during a critical phase of growing up, all within the span of time that humans have become a species of civilization. Humans, in the same time frame, do not seem to have evolved at all, and the best guess is that the last real change in human evolution occurred 100,000 years ago. Dogs have only been domesticated for about 25,000 years or less.
2006-10-10 07:15:36 · answer #1 · answered by wizard8100@sbcglobal.net 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes potentially. Evolutionary changes can happen with each generation of creatures so the faster you produce new generations the faster evolution can occur. Humans control the selection pressures on dogs though so if we don't keep killing off a particular type or types of dog, dogs will not evolve.
2006-10-10 14:25:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very clever question.But to answer your question yes they do, just look at all the different types of pedigrees of dogs you get, and this has just happened over the last 500 years or something. Do you think you could do they the same with humans. Another thought is insects. they live for even much shorter then humans have thousands of generations during one human life time so theoretically they should evolve faster then humans which is fact they do. Some insects are becoming immune to pesticides that we use against them. Even worse then insect are viruses they have millions of generations during a human life time, and as you can see they are also becoming immune to the medicines we use against them, you always hear about TB immune to medication always popping up. And this is just happening within about two human life times. Do you think humans could become immune to certain types of poisons within two generations, i don`t think so.
2006-10-10 14:17:56 · answer #3 · answered by Joe soe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever seen a wolf. It is a highly evolved predator which has little room to improve. Dogs have evolved just fine. But dog years are a concept made by humans to give them a relative human like age. My dog is 10, not 70.
2006-10-10 14:12:59 · answer #4 · answered by bc_munkee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they breed faster than humans (humans reproduce a few children between the ages of 15-35 typically) then they likely evolve faster.
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2006-10-10 15:35:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking, each new individual represents an opportunity for evolutionary forces. Dogs breed much faster than humans, but humans greatly outnumber dogs. I'm not sure which species has more births per year.
2006-10-10 14:10:56 · answer #6 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Evolve" isn't the right word. They don't have as long a life span as humans. Yes, one human year is equal to (approx.) 7 dog years.
2006-10-10 14:13:25 · answer #7 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we evolve at about the same rate, depending on the environment of course. Is there an answer that disputes theocracy that you would accept? K-9’s go back several million years before man first showed up, but let me assure you without exception everything evolves relative to their environment, including you.
2006-10-10 14:17:59 · answer #8 · answered by namvet68 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have more offspring then humans, and can reproduce much sooner then a human female, so yes, dogs do evolve faster.
2006-10-10 14:15:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to explain but a dogs brain works at a slower pace than a human there for they age quicker, mentally then physically.
2006-10-10 14:10:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋