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Isn't this better described as selective breeding, rather than evolution? Maybe we haven't consciously bred the trait into dogs, but we might have selected suc

Isn't this better described as selective breeding, rather than evolution? Maybe we haven't consciously bred the trait into dogs, but we might have selected such dogs for breeding, over litter mates that never made eye contact.

arnarbi 7y ago
For the dog, it's just evolution under some environmental factors. One of the factors just happens to be human behavior. (But it's typical and common human hubris to not call nature nature when it includes us.)
Retra 7y ago
Selective breeding is still evolution.