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random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You heard about the theory that dogs are just wolves with their version of down syndrome, so they were more docile. We kept breeding that trait till it became standard. This was in the very beginning 30-40 thousand years ago.

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HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

are just wolves with their version of down syndrome

Categorically false. Down syndrome is due to having an extra chromosome. Dogs and wolves have the same number of chromosomes.

The docile nature comes from literally having fewer neurons in aggression/panic/fight regions of their brain. MinuteEarth video

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- random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Problem of remembering articles you red some time ago.
  
  I had the wrong syndrome. Down syndrome does not appear in dogs. Correct one was Williams-Beuren syndrome
  
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PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
well it worked well for them, there’s a lot more dogs than there are wolves.

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- shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  And there are shitloads more super-hot peppers that never existed in nature. Evolution be weird sometimes.
  
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  - theshoeshiner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    In the words of the old lady that cuts my hair… “God just be out there makin anybody”.
    
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