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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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I know that this is an oversimplification but the process made me chuckle.

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[–] GoatTnder@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nope, genetically wolves and dogs are basically identical. Dogs are simply hundreds of generations of domesticated wolves.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

A Wikipedia scan by a layman (me) seems to say that is something that happened after their divergence from a common ancestor.

The dog's similarity to the grey wolf is the result of substantial dog-into-wolf gene flow,[3] with the modern grey wolf being the dog's nearest living relative.

The dog is a wolf-like canid.[7][8][9] The genetic divergence between the dog's ancestor and modern wolves occurred between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago, just before or during the Last Glacial Maximum[2][1] (20,000–27,000 years ago). This timespan represents the upper time-limit for the commencement of domestication because it is the time of divergence but not the time of domestication, which occurred later.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

You are correct. The ancestor of the modern dog is a now-extinct gray wolf different from the ones around today.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

The same article says they are the same species (different subspecies) 🤷‍♂️.

How is that an upper-limit for domestication?

Couldn't, theoretically, domestication of the ancestor wolves cause the divergence?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One could theoretically create a Chihuahua/wolf hybrid. Imagine a 150lb. wolf with the brains and attitude of a Chihuahua. The mind boggles.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] cloudless@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] fubo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago