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Can Dogs Really Show Empathy Towards Humans?
- excuse-me 14y ago>Similarly, apes have recently been documented consoling one another after conflicts Apes have also been documented reading the Economist. Guess which family Homo Sap belongs to.
- tzs 14y agoThe article mentions 15000 years of convolution. That's on the low end of the probable range. There is some good evidence for dogs being domesticated at least 30k years ago, and even some for as far back as 100k years. There's a very good "Nova" episode on dogs that is well worth keeping an eye out for.
- excuse-me 14y agoThere is also a school of archeology that thinks the reindeer was the first domesticated animal - by Saami and Laplanders >50Kya However I can assure you that current deer show no empathy for my garden
- Zenst 14y agoInteresting question and I'd say the answear is YES. Now can humans show empathy towards dogs? That is the question.
- gooddaysir 14y agoI had the similar thought that animals tend to be more empathetic and forgiving than humans. On many occasions I've seen my cats console each other. They have consoled me too. The way us humans destroy the environment and wildlife with pollution, deforestation and urban sprawl, it's obvious we are unconsciously living out our nightmare on a global scale.