Huggy, Minimum Viable Population is a thing. 14 animals per 'kind' isn't nearly enough to make a population viable. The MVP for most animals is in the thousands, as it accounts for inbreeding deficiencies, disease, existing predators, availability and quality of food sources, other potential environmental hazards, etc.
The Ark would need to hold tens of thousands of animals in order to repopulate the planet, and it would take far, far longer than several thousand years for the repopulation (and biodiversity we see today) to happen.
It's a myth, and a poor one at that.
The Ark would need to hold tens of thousands of animals in order to repopulate the planet, and it would take far, far longer than several thousand years for the repopulation (and biodiversity we see today) to happen.
It's a myth, and a poor one at that.