this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2025
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that is just neoteny in general.

most domestication involved selecting animals who stay in their childlike state, ie an adult dog is mentally a puppy.

and there is the concept that we have done that to ourselves, natural selection chose less aggressive childlike humans because they make better societies.