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Developing our co-evolution with dogs was perhaps the greatest thing humans ever did...we really don't deserve dogs.
by tjr225 8y ago
Developing our co-evolution with dogs was perhaps the greatest thing humans ever did...we really don't deserve dogs.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoI wonder if it was entirely human, or if it was the proto-dogs themselves that self selected - it would have had to been the the animals that were already predisposed to hanging with us that would have been domesticated - I doubt ancient human's would have gone out of their way to capture, pen up, and train them.
- wyldfire 8y agoThe new "Cosmos" series has an episode that touches on the domestication of dogs [1]. It talks about variations in hormone levels of wolves: some naturally feared humans less and were rewarded with scraps of food. And thus formed an early symbiosis with man. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHBmY6LbiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHBmY6LbiA
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoIt did seem strange my thoughts were being narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson while I typed. That was a fun series.