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Who Thought Up Dog Domestication, People or Dogs?

January 11, 2020February 21, 2021 ~ David Tollen ~ 1 Comment

Scientists used to think Stone Age people domesticated the dog by adopting wolf pups and breeding the friendliest of them, or the most obedient. But more recent thinking says dogs domesticated themselves.

dog domestication: a grey wolf in the Bavarian forest
You want to choose my mate? Good luck with that …

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