November 24, 2011   29 notes

More on the evolution of dog domestication

jtotheizzoe:

oldmanyellsatcloud reblogged your photo: How Dogs Evolved Into ‘Our Best Friends’…

“Belyaev’s Foxes“ is still my favorite example of this, since it shows that theres a distinct physiological change that occurs with ‘tameability’. Think I’ve linked it before, but check it out again anyhoo!

If you haven’t checked out these classic Soviet experiments on the domesticated silver fox, then watch this video:

(Source: jtotheizzoe, via marzipanowls)

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  3. mimars reblogged this from stepfwd and added:
    please. Oh wow…that’s so interesting. I want one too. :(
  4. stepfwd reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    So neat. I want one with a curly tail, pls.
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    Anybody who hasn’t seen this video already should watch it. There was a National Geographic article about the study a...
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    Nice
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  10. thegirlwithacat said: I read about the domesticated silver foxes in R. Dawkins’ The Greatest show on Earth (at least i think it was. i have so many science books) So fascinating!
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