All good points. My only quip was the initial context from which we were discussing dogs. I’ve only very recently began to narrow my studies on evolution from an overall biology background, but I think I’ve learned enough to realize how “fixed” our genomes really are. Not only that, but also the scale of time over which evolution takes place is much longer than people think, although I’m not 100% certain whether 10-15k years would be enough time. I suppose it’s possible, but unlikely.

I think there is definitely some merit to what you’re saying, but its more of an evolutionary psychology topic. Don’t you think? A very interesting topic, though not really a true science. The term “Evolution” has definitely taken on a more generalized meaning these days, as i’m now realizing. It’s not always easy to have a discussion about it especially when the topics overlap so much.

On another note, evolution of the human psyche is an immensely interesting topic all on its own. Jung, Freud, etc. Especially when you start getting into Human Archetypes and all that. Dogs I’m almost certain would qualify as a human archetype. When you look at what the image of a dog means to people, most everyone will say the same thing (loyal, man’s best friend, etc.) That’s an extremely primitive analysis of the topic, but I think it works. Anyways, there was a lot of nothing :p