How Dogs and People Ended Up Ruling the World

[Judi Lynn]

Nov 26, 2019

Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg News

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Where do dogs come from? What is their relationship to wolves?

Where do Homo sapiens come from? What is our relationship to other human species such as Neanderthals, Denisovans and Homo erectus?

Why do dogs flourish as wolves struggle to survive? Why are we the only remaining humans?

New research suggests that these diverse questions have a single answer.

In brief: Dogs are far less likely than wolves to respond to challenges with violence (or by running away). Or, in more technical terms, they show low levels of “reactive aggression” in social interactions.

More:
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/how-dogs-and-people-ended-up-ruling-the-world-1.1353705

[empedocles]

1. Hmmmm? Seems like critters like trump should be . . . extinct?

[empedocles]

2. 20th Century war history seems to suggest, that less aggressive countries have

relatively fewer war casualties?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. And the Cats rule both people and dogs...

Hehe

[mopinko]

4. oh wow. that is super interesting.

as an evolutionary psychology nerd, this is making my brain light up and dance.

[Karadeniz]

5. Interesting! Let's teach that and implant the idea that bullying and aggression shows that one is

Less evolved, not an admirable quality.