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Probably dogs, but both can learn some things in about the
same time. However, they go at it, differently, as we see
watching Duma, the Bengal cat, and then Otis, the boxer, play fetch...
Readers' Question
Here's your next question:
Since humans domesticated dogs, causing actual genetic changes in the
canines, has there been a reciprocal genetic change in humans making us more
compatible with dogs? In other words, have dogs domesticated humans as humans domesticated them?
Lanney, Sandia Park, New Mexico
Deadline: 1 April. We will publish the best
answers on 12 April.
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Evolution, fossils, dinosaurs |
Dinosaurs:
Could a dinosaur scratch his own itch?
Dinosaurs: Was Antarctica
once warm and did dinosaurs live there?
Fingers: Why do we have five fingers?
Intelligence, species: How can one species
measure the intelligence of another? Are trees smarter than humans?
Man:
How old is man?
Species: what makes sex work? What enables a male
and a female to produce offspring?
Human skin color: why did human skin
color evolved to lighter shades?
Alcohol:
does alcohol kill brain cells?
Chiles: how hot are your chiles?
Coffee grounds:
When I'm out camping, I boil coffee in a pot and then, to settle the grounds,
I drop an egg shell in. Does adding the shell make any difference?
Coffee, hot: why doesn't hot coffee burn your mouth?
The same coffee would hurt if poured on your arm.
Corn: is the tiny corn appearing in Asian dishes
really corn?
Digesting genes: What happens to genes
we eat?
Egg cartons: what do the dates on egg cartons
mean?
GM food: On my table everyday, there are
genetically modified rice, vegetables, and so on. Who knows if it is good or
not for us?
Green eggs: Why do the yolks of overcooked boiled eggs become green?
Ice cream: Who first "invented" ice cream and when?
Jell-o: What is gelatin?
Is it made from horses?
LifeSavers: Why do 5-flavored LifeSavers only show
four colors on the package?
Lobsters: Why are lobsters cooked alive?
Marshmallows: How are marshmallows made?
Peanuts: how do peanut processors get salt into
roasted, salted peanuts in the shell?
Peanuts, grow: Where
and how do peanuts grow?
Shrimp: Why do shrimp and lobsters turn
orange-red when cooked?
Wine: is wine alive?
Indian corn: why the colors?
Digesting genes: What happens to genes
we eat?
GM food: On my table everyday, there are
genetically modified rice, vegetables, and so on. Who knows if it is good or
not for us?
No-father fertilization: Is it possible
to take the chromosomes from one female egg and inject them into another
female egg so they attach and actually form a fertilized egg?
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