>>3036925Some people have learned how to domesticate animals. (Hunter Gatherers didn't, however) For most of human existence. they lived in small human populations and had small populations of domestic animals.
They learned how to use inbreeding to their advantage.
True enough, some pairing leads to undesirable traits, but they can also lead to desired traits; and it's not just physical traits, but mental traits as well.
This was called "Good breeding". When you asked about "good breeding" as a child, your parents laughed and said it was about holding your little pinky out while drinking tea, because if they told you that you were bred like an horse (or worse, a fucked up mutt) you'd be horrified.
The inbreeding was mostly done by cousin marriages in humans, but in animals, it was not uncommon that closer relations be matched.
