How wolves became dogs
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How wolves became dogs
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#3It's Bob, all right... but look at those vacuous eyes, that stupid grin on his face - he's been domesticated, I tell you.
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#4HN title-destroying rules strike again. It's "How Wolves Became Dogs"
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#5HN title-destroying rules strike again. It's "How Wolves Became Dogs"
This rule is one of the worst ones, often resulting in nonsense titles or grammatical problems.
Another one on the homepage right now: "Samba Was Written". Ok, great.
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#6HN title-destroying rules strike again. It's "How Wolves Became Dogs"
Why not get rid of this stupid title changer already? I don't get it.
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#7HN title-destroying rules strike again. It's "How Wolves Became Dogs"
Why is the how dropped? Is it automatic?
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#8HN title-destroying rules strike again. It's "How Wolves Became Dogs"
Why is the how dropped? Is it automatic?
Yes. There are a few other title-mangle rules that HN has.
It's an attempted technical solution to try to remove / limit the amount of "clickbait" in titles.
It does not work very well.
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#9It's clear that human companionship has shaped wolves into dogs.
A weird, perhaps silly question I've had for a while is: how have wolves shaped humans? Has human society in any way been affected by the structure of wolf packs? Did hairless monkeys form stronger tribes because of it?
I don't believe for a second that this deep interspecies friendship has been one-sided and hasn't brought psychological if not physical changes as much as the changes it's brought to wolves.
Re: How wolves became dogs
#10It's clear that human companionship has shaped wolves into dogs. A weird, perhaps silly question I've had for a while is: how have wolves shaped humans? Has human society in any way been affected by the structure of wolf packs? Did hairless monkeys form stronger tribes because of it? I don't believe for a second that this deep interspecies friendship has been one-sided and hasn't brought psychological if not physical…
Seems plausible to me that our long relationship with wolves/dogs has modified humanity to be more empathic to other species of animals in general. Probably impossible to prove though.