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> There is a remarkable difference Yes, there are many differences between the domestication of cats and dogs, but not in any fundamental degree. Humans shaped
by speedplane 7y ago
> There is a remarkable difference
Yes, there are many differences between the domestication of cats and dogs, but not in any fundamental degree. Humans shaped these animals over time, albeit in different ways. The same is true for other forms of domestication, like cows, sheep, bananas, and wheat etc. Saying one is "smarter" than the other is silly. It's more that humans have selected and bread them for different traits.
- Ultramanoid 7y agoI'm expanding on what the article already makes clear. Dogs have been intensely selected and bred, to the point of differing significantly from their ancestors, cats have not. As the article also says, cats have largely domesticated themselves. Humans have done next to nothing to change them, in absolute contrast with dogs. This is not an opinion, it is a fact. And it has nothing to do with intelligence comparisons. The point is that the animals being compared, while considered 'similar' domestication wise, are anything but.