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>a bold claim I think to say that wolves were domesticated for spiritual reasons rather than as hunting companions I wouldn't be too dismissive of this - I'll
by VoodooJuJu 4y ago
>a bold claim I think to say that wolves were domesticated for spiritual reasons rather than as hunting companions
I wouldn't be too dismissive of this - I'll use another domestication example to highlight why.
Given how modern chickens are so useful for cheap and easy-to-raise meat, you'd think that's why they were domesticated, but no. Chickens were domesticated for reasons much less utilitarian - they were domesticated for entertainment! Cockfighting.
- Octabrain 4y agoInteresting. Have you got any sources?
- ljf 4y agoI'd not heard this before, but a quick search gave me https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-chicken-conquered-the-world-87583657 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-chicken-conqu... I'd need to read more to understand properly, but from a glance it appears interesting and possible.