A good example of artificial selection is the evolution of dogs alongside humans. In the past, dogs were bred for different purposes (hunting, herding) and different dog breeds have been serving humanity for generations with their different abilities.
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We artificially select the intelligence of dogs and evolve it to reach human IQ within 100 generations.
According to him, a Border Collie, dogs considered to be the smartest, would be equal to someone with an IQ of 140 or higher.
According to Pearson, it is possible to develop a program to selectively breed smarter dogs, but it is complicated by the fact that the conversion of IQs from one species to another is still in its infancy.
Smarter man, smarter dog?
Called the Flynn effect, over the years the average score achieved on IQ tests around the world has been constantly increasing. The reason for this could be the rise in the standard of living, the improvement of medical care, and the gradual spread of education.
The average human IQ has increased by three points per decade over the past few hundred years, albeit only recently necessarily It slows down – it can’t grow forever. The increase in IQ is likely related to changes in the cerebral cortex – not an increase in skull size.
In the experiment planned by Pearson, it would be necessary to carry out a major restructuring of the brain of a wild animal, but since we have not yet been able to do the same with primates, such as chimpanzees, success is very unlikely with dogs either.
Pearson can generate more intelligence than ever before dog, but not a dog that thinks like a human. According to canine psychologists, dogs are smarter than we think.
They can understand more than 150 words and deliberately deceive other dogs and people in hopes of getting a treat.
Canine Coren, a lecturer at the University of British Columbia and columnist for Psychology Today, put together the smartest dog classification.
They are the smartest
Border Collies are first, followed by Poodles, then German Shepherds. Golden retrievers are fourth on the list, Dobermans are fifth, Shetland puppies are sixth, and the top ten is also on Labrador very.
Charles Fowle wrote in his pet calculator,
We can measure three types of dog intelligence.
instinctive intelligence (hunting, guarding, or herding), which is usually inherited based on breed, adaptive intelligence, which is the ability to learn, and action intelligence, where it carries out instructions from humans.
Big dogs are smarter than small dogs, researchers say, because medium-headed dogs have more flexible cognitive brains than small-headed and often quirky pocket cruisers.
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