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• Because of their affinity for things human, rock doves proved easy todomesticate, and the process of domestication prepared them still furtherfor life among us. People who kept pigeons were fascinated by their abilityto ‘home’—to return faithfully to favoured roosting sites from greatdistances. Keeping and racing homing pigeons became a popular pastime.High quality birds were often sold or traded, and breeders selected forqualities that would maximize their profits, such as navigational ability.Generations of selective breeding produced pigeons that were moresociable, less afraid of humans, and more spatially adept than theirancestors… Homing pigeons that escaped their lofts and began to live onthe street found themselves armed not only with a naturally evolved senseof direction, but also ... (查看原文)

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