Wolves and dogs fail to form reputations of humans after indirect and direct experience in a food-giving situation.

ABSTRACT: Reputation is a key component in social interactions of group-living animals and appears to play a role in the establishment of cooperation. Animals can form reputations of individuals by directly interacting with them or by observing them interact with a third party, i.e., eavesdropping. Previous research has focused on whether dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) can eavesdrop on humans because of their ability to cooperate with humans, however the results are mixed and if they can eavesdrop, it is unknown whether this ability evolved during the domestication process or whether it was inherited from their ancestor, wolves (Canis lupus). Our study investigated whether equally hand-raised, pack-living dogs and wolves can form reputations of humans in a food-giving situation through indirect and/o

SUBMITTER: Jim HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9385025 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature