• tomiant@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    It’s so weird that dogs’ eyebrows work the same as ours do, and can express exactly what emotion they are feeling.

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      I read once that the eyebrows might be a result of domestication. Wolves don’t have the same facial muscles that dogs do and it makes sense that ancient humans would prefer dogs they can relate to emotionally.

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      Iirc, more human-compatible body language is an indicator/result of domestication. Dogs are actually a great example of this, as the wolves they were bred from aren’t nearly as emotive (Well, emotive in a way humans can understand intuitively. They’re of course very social with each other)