Re: Generic Dog ancestor

From: mikelist (mutterer_at_notime)
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:49:02 -0500

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> It's not only selective breeding but the manner of their upbringing.
>
> Dogs, cats and most other animals which are raised as pets from a very
> early age, develop different behaviour patterns from those raised in
> the wild. The same thing happens with humans. Children raised in a
> violent and threatening society behave quite differently from those
> raised in a caring, non-violent environment. Not only are there marked
> differences in their adult behaviout but marked differences in brain
> structure can be observed by various types of tomography. I see no
> reason why the same should not apply to dogs.
>
>
>
> Eric Stevens
>

I think that there was little intimacy at first. Still, the fox
experiment effectively detailed the comparative differences between wild
canids and their domesticated cousins. The fact that it was done in 40
years implies that even without a deliberate plan of action, this change
could occur totally in the space of a century, assuming moderated
actions relating to killing/driving off agressive individuals. We will
probably never find the first puppy mill.