{"id":187,"date":"2024-12-31T07:37:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T07:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/dogs-are-entering-a-new-wave-of-domestication-the-atlantic\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T07:37:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T07:37:35","slug":"dogs-are-entering-a-new-wave-of-domestication-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2024\/12\/31\/dogs-are-entering-a-new-wave-of-domestication-the-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs Are Entering a New Wave of Domestication &#8211; The Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The first dogs began evolving 40,000 to 14,000 years ago, when humans lived as foragers. (Some evidence suggests that this first version of domestication may have occurred multiple times around the world.) Our ancestors left garbage and waste outside of camp, and the wolves that took advantage of this predictable, energy-rich food source gained a survival edge. As a result, over generations, the animals\u2019 attraction to humans replaced fear and aggression. This natural selection for friendliness is thought to have also caused many accidental changes\u2014such as floppy ears, curly tails, and splotchy coats\u2014as well as the ability to make eye contact and read human gestures in a way that wolves cannot.<br \/>\n\u2014 Read on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2024\/10\/service-dog-domestication-behavior\/680240\/\">www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2024\/10\/service-dog-domestication-behavior\/680240\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first dogs began evolving 40,000 to 14,000 years ago, when humans lived as foragers. (Some evidence suggests that this first version of domestication may have occurred multiple times around the world.) Our ancestors left garbage and waste outside of camp, and the wolves that took advantage of this predictable, energy-rich food source gained a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}