The domestication hypothesis predicts that even with limited human interaction, young dog puppies will be more attracted to humans than wolf puppies. To test this, Salomons ran an experiment with 44 dog puppies and 37 wolf puppies between five and 18 weeks old. Even though the wolf puppies had much more exposure to humans, the dog puppies were better at understanding them. Dog puppies’ odds of using each human gesture correctly were more than twice those of wolf puppies. Share this article in your social networkAdvertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Source: National Post July 13, 2021 09:56 UTC