Dogs’ Eyes Have Changed Since Humans Befriended Them(theatlantic.com)
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Dogs’ Eyes Have Changed Since Humans Befriended Them
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/06/domestication-gave-dogs-two-new-eye-muscles/591868/
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Isn't this better described as selective breeding, rather than evolution? Maybe we haven't consciously bred the trait into dogs, but we might have selected such dogs for breeding, over litter mates that never made eye contact.
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It's on the front page https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20209569
I noticed that. I only note that I posted it on HN first but that post got traction instead of mine. Oh well... :-)