Are Humans a Self-Domesticated Species?
Channel: Cybersettler's vlog
Date: 31/08/2020

Since 2016 society seems to be going down hill pretty fast. In this episode we explore the idea that humans are getting dumber.Resources:* Idiocracy Film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy* Early humans domesticated themselves, new genetic evidence suggests https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/early-humans-domesticated-themselves-new-genetic-evidence-suggests* Did humans domesticate themselves? https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/02/did-humans-domesticate-themselves.html* Self-domestication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-domestication* Human Social Evolution: Self-Domestication or Self-Control? https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00134/full* Selection for smaller brains in Holocene human evolution https://arxiv.org/pdf/1102.5604v1.pdf* Dehumanization: Shrinking Brain and Hippocampus https://medium.com/@yuribarzov/dehumanization-idiocracy-or-animal-farm-d1a8c407e635
* Wolves found to be better at problem-solving task than domesticated dogs https://phys.org/news/2015-09-wolves-problem-solving-task-domesticated-dogs.html
* A comparison between wolves, Canis lupus, and dogs, Canis familiaris, in showing behaviour towards humans https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5140004/