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My impression was that wolfs self-domesticated into dogs as well. The story I heard about wolf domestication was that some wolfs started living nearer to human
by perlgeek 3y ago
My impression was that wolfs self-domesticated into dogs as well.
The story I heard about wolf domestication was that some wolfs started living nearer to humans, cooperated during hunts, ate their scrap etc. I would consider this self-domestication.
If humans had captured wolfs and selectively bred them to be less aggressive, that wouldn't be self-domestication.
Or am I totally off track here?
- Zetice 3y agoYou're missing the "self" part. The fact that humans are heavily involved in how wolves became domesticated means they're not "self" domesticated, at least as defined in this specific article.