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Buckeye_Democrat

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3. Didn't the silver fox experiments in Russia...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 10:47 AM

Oct 2020

... pretty much settle how they were domesticated?

Considering how it was EASY to domesticate those foxes after just a few generations, it was believed that ancient humans didn't have to expend much energy to do it. The wolves who were less afraid and lingered around human tribes for scraps would procreate with each other. Then after a few wolf-generations of that... voila! Doggies!

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Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 OP

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Didn't the silver fox experiments in Russia... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #3