Domestic dogs: Born human whisperers
Updated: 2021-09-15 05:00:00
: : Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff Wednesday , September 15, 2021 Domestic dogs : Born human whisperers Vignieri does a summary of recent work by Bray et . al and Salomans et . al in Current Biology The closest relative to dogs , man’s best friend , 8221 is the wolf , a wily predator that generally avoids human interaction . For decades , researchers and dog owners have wondered how the leap to domestication occurred . The main hypothesis invoked very early selection for wolves that liked”—or least tolerated—humans , and the connection strengthened from there . However , there is still some debate about whether the degree to which dogs interact and communicate with humans is a