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[–] 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Actually it’s pretty clear that part of domestication for dogs was making them less intelligent.

There was a scientific study run in the US comparing the behavior of wolves and dogs.

Within 2 days, the scientists had to add a lock to the door of the wolf enclosure because the wolves had learned by watching them how to open the door and escaped. The dogs kept the same simple door latch throughout the entire experiment and never escaped.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    So our beloved man's best friend are just derived from the dumbest of the wolves?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Kind of...

    The domestication of dogs brought out a lot of neoteny traits -- juvenile traits retained into adulthood. Our beloved man's best friend are derived from wolves that never fully grew up and instead remained puppy-like for their entire lives. This makes them smaller, friendlier, more submissive, and easier to train (among other things) ... but it also does make them a bit stupider.

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