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Artificial selection is the selection of advantageous natural variation for human ends and is the mechanism by which most domestic species evolved. Most domesticates have their origin in one of a few historic centers of domestication as farm animals. Two notable exceptions are cats and dogs.
3 mar 2020 · In the first phase, highly specific behaviors valued by nomadic hunter-gatherer societies, such as tracking and consuming prey, drove the initial evolution of primary dogs at the beginning of domestication (Ostrander et al., 2017).
1 sty 1994 · Discusses the origin and nature of animal domestication, referring to dogs Canis familiaris in particular, as the starting point of human-animal domestic relationships. Central to this...
29 paź 2020 · Human history is for the dogs. The largest-ever study of ancient genomes from the animals suggests that where people went, so did their four-legged friends — to a point.
2 lut 2021 · The long evolutionary journey that created modern humans began with a single step—or more accurately—with the ability to walk on two legs. One of our earliest-known ancestors, Sahelanthropus...
23 mar 2021 · NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Meet the Scientist Studying How Dogs Evolved From Predator to Pet. Learn about how humans of the past helped build the bond between us and our favorite...
4 lis 2020 · How Dogs and Humans Evolved and Migrated in Tandem. Our relationship with pups spans millennia, and new DNA analysis shows just how much people influenced canine evolution.
