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Evolution is commonly seen as a process that happens in the wild, far away from human involvement. But humans and animals have evolved alongside each other for ages. The reason your dog understands you so well is largely due to evolution, and specifically the evolution of domestication. For this week's Please Explain, we turn our lens on the science of domestication with Richard Francis, the author of Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World.
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Evolution is commonly seen as a process that happens in the wild, far away from human involvement. But humans and animals have evolved alongside each other for ages. The reason your dog understands you so well is largely due to evolution, and specifically the evolution of domestication. For this week's Please Explain, we turn our lens on the science of domestication with Richard Francis, the author of Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World.

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