Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years to have similar facial expressions to HUMANS
Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years to have similar facial expressions to HUMANS
Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years to have similar facial expressions to HUMANS
Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years to have similar facial expressions to HUMANS
Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years to have similar facial expressions to HUMANS
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Looking at the key behaviours of dogs and wolves, you can see where these differences in muscle fibres come into play.
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Their analysis revealed that dogs' muscle fibres were much more similar to humans than the wolves' muscle fibres were , the team found that dogs have an additional mimetic muscle that contributes to the puppy-dog eye expression, which wolves lack.