Comment on Humans domesticated wolves into dogs. Then domesticated wolves' food. Then trained dogs to protect that food from the wolves.

• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A Wikipedia scan by a layman (me) seems to say that is something that happened after their divergence from a common ancestor.

  The dog’s similarity to the grey wolf is the result of substantial dog-into-wolf gene flow,[3] with the modern grey wolf being the dog’s nearest living relative.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You are correct. The ancestor of the modern dog is a now-extinct gray wolf different from the ones around today.

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  • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The same article says they are the same species (different subspecies) 🤷‍♂️.

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  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How is that an upper-limit for domestication?

    Couldn’t, theoretically, domestication of the ancestor wolves cause the divergence?

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  One could theoretically create a Chihuahua/wolf hybrid. Imagine a 150lb. wolf with the brains and attitude of a Chihuahua. The mind boggles.

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  • fubo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Chihuahuolf.

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    • cloudless@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Wolfhuahua

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      • fubo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Chiwolfhua.

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