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Originally Posted by Der Fuhrer
There is also evidence to suggest that life with humans has increased the intelligence of domesticated animals. For example, the dog was one of the first animals to be domesticated and the cat was one of the very last. If you point at something in front of a dog, it will look to where you are pointing. On the other hand, if you point at something in front of a cat, it will stare at your finger and never look to where you are pointing.
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There is actually heavy evidence to the contrary. Untrained domestic dogs are stupider and lazier than their wolf counterparts.
I was just reading a pretty interesting article on the average human brain actually decreasing in mass over the past 20,000 years. One of the theories suggests that humans have in essence "domesticated" ourselves. There is evidence that primitive civilizations were very liberal with the use of capital punishment and this eventually lead to them basically killing more of the "dickheads" off leaving the more docile to reproduce. Docility is prevalent in every domesticated species. One of the other changes observed in EVERY DOMESTICATED SPECIES is a smaller brain to body ratio than its ancestors, typically resulting in dumber animals.