Recent scientific knowledge has led researchers to begin using dogs as a model for human behavior rather than chimps.
Our loving companions have been domesticated in our homes for so long that they now mimic our societies and behavoir more than any other species on Earth.
“Cooperation, attachment to people, understanding human verbal and non-verbal communications, and the ability to imitate are just a handful of the social behaviors we share with dogs. They might even think like us at times too, according to the paper, which has been accepted for publication in the journal Advances in the Study of Behavior.”
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