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Humans, apparently, throw like gods (lemmy.world)

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[–] droans 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what made dogs perfect as pets.

Our ancestors noticed these animals that would follow us around in packs. They could generally keep up with us, form bonds easily, were pretty good at killing, and mostly ate the parts of the animals we didn't.

We just chose the ones who were coolest with us and just bred the ones who loved us the most.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There are other animals that fit this description, but dogs are the only ones that also happen to reproduce fast enough that you could feasibly notice the improvement in behavior over generations.

In soviet russia, an experiment was made to see if the domestication of dogs could be replicated on foxes, with mild success. Basically all foxes in western Europe today are in some way crossbred from the tamer foxes produced by this experiment, explaining why foxes aren't completely terrified of humans.