Competing theories explain how dogs came to be domesticated from wolves. Now, a new study adds further support to the idea that they domesticated themselves.
I got that, but I don’t think it’s true. Humans don’t provide them with food (except during winter, but that’s also more recent), we prevent escape. Otherwise why are pens necessary? We’d just pile up food, and the animals would keep coming back.
For predators generally yes, but for prey not necessarily
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I’m not sure that’s accurate. They’d leave if they have no access to grass, but you don’t have to actively give it to them for them to stay.
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I got that, but I don’t think it’s true. Humans don’t provide them with food (except during winter, but that’s also more recent), we prevent escape. Otherwise why are pens necessary? We’d just pile up food, and the animals would keep coming back.
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