I've read plenty of articles about how wolves evolved into domesticated dogs, but has anyone ever considered that the humans who adopted the first dogs were more successful at reproduction? In other words, there was a specific genome that made some humans more likely to adopt dogs, and that genome spread so that by now the majority of humanity is dog friendly?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think that’s pretty well accepted as part of the story though, humans who adopted dogs hunted better and reproduced more.

You’ll probably be harder pressed to nail down the specifics though.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

In my head it goes something like this.

"What the hell is going on with Zog and UUka? They've got a goddamn wolf living in their cave!! It's unnatural!"

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Easily as likely, if not more so, to be cultural in origin than genetic (unless you go back far enough to language genetics).

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Was there also a theory that the early dogs were a kind of "down syndrome" versions, so they were more docile, more social with lower IQ.

Not literaly "down syndrome" but genetic disorder that has similar affects.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

Williams Syndrome.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Low testoserone.

They saw they could live off the scraps the humans threw away, and were willing to risk getting close to the humans for an easy meal.