Humans domesticated wolves into dogs. Then domesticated wolves' food. Then trained dogs to protect that food from the wolves.
I know that this is an oversimplification but the process made me chuckle.
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I know that this is an oversimplification but the process made me chuckle.
inside of all of us are two wolves.
except Mozart, he had like ten or twelve.
That's why he's Wolfgang.
Also Theophilus and Amadeus. That guy really loved god.
Holy crap. This is the best shower thought I’ve read. Good job! I’m gonna share this with others.
Didn't wolves and dogs descend from a shared ancestor, not dogs from wolves?
Nope, genetically wolves and dogs are basically identical. Dogs are simply hundreds of generations of domesticated wolves.
A Wikipedia scan by a layman (me) seems to say that is something that happened after their divergence from a common ancestor.
You are correct. The ancestor of the modern dog is a now-extinct gray wolf different from the ones around today.
The same article says they are the same species (different subspecies) 🤷♂️.
How is that an upper-limit for domestication?
Couldn't, theoretically, domestication of the ancestor wolves cause the divergence?
One could theoretically create a Chihuahua/wolf hybrid. Imagine a 150lb. wolf with the brains and attitude of a Chihuahua. The mind boggles.
Chihuahuolf.
Chiwolfhua.
Dogs and wolves are the same specie - just a different subspecie. A Chihuahua could breed with a wolf.
Christ, what spawn of hell that pairing would make.
Hopefully a chihuahua-sized wolf and not a wolf-sized chihuahua.
As I understand it yes, but that's why I said it was an oversimplification in my post.
I believe that, in reality, wolves domesticated themselves. They started hanging around humans because it was a mutually beneficial arrangement.