By: Lynne Robbins
“Men and dogs….” Give me a break. How do you know it wasn’t ‘women’ who domesticated the dog? Why is this innate sexism still broadcasting itself? Why couldn’t you have worded the headline, “Humans and...
View ArticleBy: Gil
@1 you’re joking, right? The headline, beyond normal English preference to using male gender in indeterminate circumstance, is based upon the common addage ‘a man and his dog are best friends.’
View ArticleBy: Doug
It has to be a joke. Nobody who would voluntarily read a science magazine could be that close-minded.
View ArticleBy: Russ Finley
Parasitism has played a major role in evolution. What direction will dog evolution take now that they are moving from mutualism to parasitism? In many parts of the world they no longer help us move our...
View ArticleBy: thirteenfingers
I think that the title of the article is in reference to the old saying “A dog is a man’s best friend.”, much like saying “Diamonds are a woman’s best friend.”. I’m sorry, but I don’t think I would be...
View ArticleBy: Jennifer Angela
One woman says something intelligent and everybody else attacks her…. Folks, this is ugly behaviour!
View ArticleBy: Jay Fox
Um, dogs are a (hu)man’s best friend? The usage of the word man, in this instance, could be considered a contraction, a shortening of the word human. That is the usual usage of this term. It is not...
View ArticleBy: Kelly
Is this better ? Study: Women and Dogs First Became Best Friends in the Middle East. It doesn’t quite mean the same thing. Maybe that’s because: “Men” is referring to mankind, not a specific gender.
View ArticleBy: torres
Angela, people are not reacting to the intelligence of #1′s comment, but rather the unintelligence and hyper-sensitivity she is portraying. I hope that #1, if she really is as liberated from men as she...
View ArticleBy: terra incognita
one of my professors used to joke about when ‘dog’s domesticated humans’. i guess there’s more than a few exceptions judging from the current comments. but seriously, his point is that often our social...
View ArticleBy: Camille
I agree w/ Lynne Robbins. The title of this article is a sad & idiotic throw-back to the pre-70s era. Writers nowadays should be more intelligent. It’s also incredibly sad that her bringing up such...
View ArticleBy: Camille
Another example of the change in society & language & recent back-slide is the 60s Star Trek intro. ‘Where no man has gone before’, which changed in the 80s to ‘Where no one has gone before’,...
View ArticleBy: Christelle Sneider
It’s so incredible how fast does genetic science develop!! I still can’t believe how could they possibly determine such a fact, by just analyzing DNA! @ Camille : Thank you so much for drawing our...
View ArticleBy: Thelma harrison
@#1 : Get ur head out ur !@s and try not to make ur granddaughter paranoid. @camille: U are even worse. and u claim to be an antropologist. Since the use of Man to refer to mankind is antique and...
View ArticleBy: Billy Bob
Let me tell you something lynn Robbins, you don’t done know nothin bout what u tellin’ your granddaughter. What you sayins wrong. it aint called “humans and dogs” for a damn good reason. that reason is...
View ArticleBy: Dennis
Here is what I don’t really understand, what the hell is the big deal with the title of the article? Study: Men & Dogs First Became Best Friends in the Middle East. It always seems like women have...
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