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Why are dogs descendants of Wolves but humans are not descendants of chimpanzees?
The very simplistic answer is that dogs and wolves belong to the same genus and are so closely related that they are often considered to be parts of the same species. The genus is Canis (Latin for dog)...
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Has artificial selection / selective breeding ever been targeted at intelligence?
Has it ever been attempted to breed a species, for example dogs, to maximize some aspect of intelligence?
Yes, perhaps unintentionally, but certainly to serve a purpose: to better herd sheep.
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Has artificial selection / selective breeding ever been targeted at intelligence?
The Wikipedia article on "Selective breeding", which I went to while composing a comment on your question, has this sentence:
A Soviet attempt to breed lab rats with higher intelligence led ...
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