Webscientists see in our love for other animals, and our unslakable curiosity about animal lives, sensations, feelings and drives, keys to the most essential aspects of our humanity.
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In this article we focus specifically on relationships between people and pets.
Webthis bond between pets and their owners was not always so similar to the relationships humans have with each other.
Humans can, of course, form this bond with other categories of animals, such as working dogs and horses, or even laboratory rodents or dairy goats, 1 but those.