I know that this is an oversimplification but the process made me chuckle.
I believe that, in reality, wolves domesticated themselves. They started hanging around humans because it was a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Humans domesticated wolves into dogs. Then domesticated wolves' food. Then trained dogs to protect that food from the wolves.
Submitted 15 hours ago by iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 hours ago
Holy crap. This is the best shower thought I’ve read. Good job! I’m gonna share this with others.
Green_Mouse@piefed.social 14 hours ago
Didn't wolves and dogs descend from a shared ancestor, not dogs from wolves?
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
Dogs and wolves are the same specie - just a different subspecie. A Chihuahua could breed with a wolf.
GoatTnder@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Nope, genetically wolves and dogs are basically identical. Dogs are simply hundreds of generations of domesticated wolves.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 13 hours 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.
shalafi@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
One could theoretically create a Chihuahua/wolf hybrid. Imagine a 150lb. wolf with the brains and attitude of a Chihuahua. The mind boggles.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
As I understand it yes, but that’s why I said it was an oversimplification in my post.
crazycraw@crazypeople.online 14 hours ago
inside of all of us are two wolves.
except Mozart, he had like ten or twelve.
That’s why he’s Wolfgang.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Also Theophilus and Amadeus. That guy really loved god.