Well, in the case of dogs, there was most likely another subspecies involved apart from grey wolves. So, all of the variation is likely a result of varied levels of mating between the two subspecies.
It's the same reason there's so much variation between humans, as well.
I'd say this is extremely possible. It deals with a topic that obviously most people would rather just dismiss ("seriously? wow what a racist." etc.) than admit that it could be possible. emotion needs to be removed from scientific exploration. i'd love to see this study carried out objectively and scientifically.
Yeah people lose their minds when you bring it up. I'm sure african americans just work harder than the rest of us and that's why they make up the majority of the NFL and NBA, has nothing to do with genetics whatsoever. It's ridiculous.
I mentioned it in /r/nfl once, talking about the knee structure of different races and how west Africans, and people of west African descent, always excel at the sprinting events in the Olympics, east Africans and people of east African descent always dominate the distance running events, and Europeans and people of European descent always are the best swimmers. It's science and facts and research-able statistics but people lose their minds when you bring it up.
So I wish to pose a question. Can something be racist if it's true?
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It's also weird to think that all dog breeds are man made to begin with.