did the spartan breeding project leave any measurable effect?

Subject: did the spartan breeding project leave any measurable effect?

Date: Tue Feb 4 11:59:41 2003
Posted by cris
Grade level: undergrad School: mcmaster
City: hamilton State/Province: ontario Country: canada
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 1044377981.Ge

Message:


I was just wondering if the Spartan "survival of the fittest" program they 
practiced would have left any measurable genetic change in modern greeks living 
in what was then Sparta.This is given that they started having kids at about 16 
and the civilization lasted about 600 yrs (so about 30-40 generations), if 
nothing else the practice of leaving infants out wouldve culled those with weak 
respiratory probs, would it not?

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