PSYO 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Selective Breeding, Habituation, Paternal Care
20 Jan 2016
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Domestication is not taming (a kind of systematic habituation of an individual, as opposed to domestication, targeting a species) Domestication is a case of artificial selection. Domestication is more than just taming or socializing animals. It assumes the human control of breeding, feeding and general care of the animals. Domestication is like 20 generations over time, taming is just a squirrel in your back yard. Whereas dogs, we"ve selectively bred them over 5000-8000 years to get the aggression out of them. Paternal care of at least permanent male presence. Cats: domestic cats are relatively social, wild ancestors are not (frozen at the kitten stage) Dogs: mature dogs are socially the equivalent of yearling wolf pups. Foxes: (the belyaev studies) the domesticated (farm) foxes and the consequences of selection for docility and tamability (tameness): dog like traits (tail wagging for social greeting, floppy ears, etc. _. Gould"s example: the evolution (re design) of mickey mouse since its creation = juvenilization.
