biosnap t1_j8w819t wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:51 AM Reply to comment by Koelenaam in Compared to wolf pups and kittens, dog puppies tend to spontaneously match actions demonstrated by a human — even in the absence of food rewards by marketrent It is still evolution. We distinguish it from natural selection (which does typically take longer) by calling it artificial selection. Permalink Parent 23
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Reply to comment by Koelenaam in Compared to wolf pups and kittens, dog puppies tend to spontaneously match actions demonstrated by a human — even in the absence of food rewards by marketrent
It is still evolution. We distinguish it from natural selection (which does typically take longer) by calling it artificial selection.