"The hypothesis that anatomically modern ...

“The hypothesis that anatomically modern homo sapiens could have undergone changes akin to those observed in domesticated animals has been contemplated in the biological sciences for at least 150 years. "

This is a very interesting paper about the “self-domestication” of men by civilization. I found it via the Wikipedia article about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-domestication .

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

On human self-domestication, psychiatry, and eugenics

The hypothesis that anatomically modern homo sapiens could have undergone changes akin to those observed in domesticated animals has been contemplated in the biological sciences for at least 150 years. The idea had already plagued philosophers such as …