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Human Differences Between Humans And Humans

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research into the minds of dogs and humans has brought to light the similarities between the human and canine brains. Examples include having a theory of mind, sentience, the possession of mirror neurons, and the ability to generate emotions and respond emotionally. The origin of these similarities have yet to be explained. One theory states that the similarities could have developed in both humans and dogs, and then strengthened when dogs were domesticated and perfected their social functions in order to adapt to a human dominated environment. Another theory is that pack behaviour in dogs is similar enough to human social behaviour that dogs developed independently from humans, then became domesticated because their behavior already aligned with that of with early humans. Some evidence of that is the fact that humans and canines have occupied the same geographical regions for hundreds of thousands of years. Our best estimate of dogs became domesticated is somewhere between 14,700 and 36,000 years ago (Liane, Interdisciplinary investigations of the late glacial double burial from Bonn-Oberkassel). This paper will explore why humans and dogs started to live together, whether humans and dogs developed their social cognitive abilities in together or separately, and when dogs became cognitively distinct from wolves. For the vast majority of our existence humans have lived in small hunter-gatherer groups. Similarly, wolves live in small social groups or pairs. They also

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