18 - From Wolves to Dogs

Happy Darwin Day! We discuss geneticist Dimitri Belyaev’s efforts to domesticate the Russian silver fox, and how his experiments shed light on the domestication of grey wolves. Belyaev's Foxes (https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/mans-new-best-friend-a-forgotten-russian-experiment-in-fox-domestication/) [Scientific American] Rats and Foxes (https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/health/25rats.html?ei=5090&en=ee8f5fbaf0576814&ex=1311480000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all) [NYT] The Greatest Show On Earth - Richard Dawkins (https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594795) [Amazon] “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” Intro music (http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTdPizz7Dic) [YouTube] Outro music - Ichika Nito (http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklF31kD1eI) [YouTube] Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at [email protected] or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast)