Making the zebra more like the horse wouldn’t make it a more attractive species to domesticate unless it provided what early humans were looking for better than horses did, in which case we’d be talking about making the horse more like the zebra right now. More domesticable species would have to mean species which fill different niches, for a wider range of possible specializations.
Making the zebra more like the horse wouldn’t make it a more attractive species to domesticate unless it provided what early humans were looking for better than horses did, in which case we’d be talking about making the horse more like the zebra right now. More domesticable species would have to mean species which fill different niches, for a wider range of possible specializations.