Around 32,000 years ago, the dog was thought to be one of the first organisms our ancestors artificially selected (Rangel). In East Asia, wild wolves joined our ancestors and were domesticated to what we know now as Chinese native dogs. Over centuries, the traits of dogs such as size, hair length, color and body have been artificially selected to the point that dogs like Chihuahuas and corgis barely resemble wolves at all. Since the time that our ancestors artificially selected wolves, artificial selection has been applied to many different species like beef cattle, seedless watermelons, prize-winning race horses. Today, artificial selection is a primitive process, however there is a more modern process of altering the genetics of
Around 32,000 years ago, the dog was thought to be one of the first organisms our ancestors artificially selected (Rangel). In East Asia, wild wolves joined our ancestors and were domesticated to what we know now as Chinese native dogs. Over centuries, the traits of dogs such as size, hair length, color and body have been artificially selected to the point that dogs like Chihuahuas and corgis barely resemble wolves at all. Since the time that our ancestors artificially selected wolves, artificial selection has been applied to many different species like beef cattle, seedless watermelons, prize-winning race horses. Today, artificial selection is a primitive process, however there is a more modern process of altering the genetics of