Ancient wolves may have self-domesticated by staying near humans for food scraps, gradually evolving into early dogs.

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These wolves may have introduced their mates to the ... a pack of ancient wolf scavengers. The model showed that over 15,000 years, natural selection could potentially drive dog self-domestication.

The models indicated that dog self-domestication ... separated from their ancient wolf species 37 percent of the time. If the scavenging animals preferred tamer mates, they formed packs of early ...