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No need to speculate. Selective breeding for intelligence is how we got herding dogs (Border Collies, German Shepherds, etc.).
by fdej 11y ago
No need to speculate. Selective breeding for intelligence is how we got herding dogs (Border Collies, German Shepherds, etc.).
- derefr 11y agoThe kind of intelligence working dogs were bred for is a very specific kind of intelligence. I'd like to see a species selected for social intelligence—the kind of tribal-affiliation status-dynamic thing that is theorized to have brought about language.