cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDid cavepeople have domestic pets, like wolves or cats?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareDid cavepeople have domestic pets, like wolves or cats?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-22 days agoThe russians have been domesticating wild red foxes since the 1950 with visible success. Thats within the lifetime of two human generations. Dogs are said to have been domesticated multiple times, both deliberately and self-imposed. I can definitely see a caveman domesticating animals over very few generations
minus-squarecrandlecan@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoI once heard someone say dogs domesticated us, not the other way around. We were played, bro!
minus-squarecattywampas@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoDogs didn’t selectively breed us for specific physical and behavioral traits.
The russians have been domesticating wild red foxes since the 1950 with visible success. Thats within the lifetime of two human generations.
Dogs are said to have been domesticated multiple times, both deliberately and self-imposed.
I can definitely see a caveman domesticating animals over very few generations
I once heard someone say dogs domesticated us, not the other way around. We were played, bro!
Dogs didn’t selectively breed us for specific physical and behavioral traits.
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