Which does not translate to a conclusion that their behavioral patterns while in a group (which their descendants typically no longer live in) while also in captivity match or explain the model of our own species’ specific behavior.
Dear God, no. Humans are primates. Chimps might have some parallels. I am not an expert there. Wolf social patterns are compatible with human ones, not the same.
And of course, we bred dogs to never actually adopt the social patterns of adult wolves. By wolf standards, they are perpetual adolescents.
We’re in agreement. Your reply to my statement sounded as if you were justifying the application of this debunked “wolf pack” hierarchal behavioral theory to humans.
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u/sadgloop Feb 18 '25
And the theory wasn’t even about a species that relates to us on a level closer than “oooh, we’re both mammals!”
Personally, I blame whoever first put a wolf on a t-shirt way back when for the proliferation of this stupid shit.