TIL that scientists created a 60 year long experiment in Siberia, selectively breeding wild foxes who showed friendly traits. 40 generations later they were as friendly as dogs!
https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-018-0090-x
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https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-018-0090-x
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The silver fox domestication experiment - Evolution: Education and Outreach
For the last 59 years a team of Russian geneticists led by Lyudmila Trut have been running one of the most important biology experiments of the 20th, and now 21st, century.BioMed Central
