> People didn't really have diverse behaviors towards animals dependant on how human-like animals are.
If they aren’t edible or dangerous we pretty much ignore them, no? Like they might be wiped out as collateral damage post industrialization, but I see that as an emergent side effect that no one cares to prevent, as opposed to a positivistic aspect of human nature.
Yeah, that sounds accurate.
> if anything I would imagine that it would diminish
Not sure what gives you that hope. People didn't really have diverse behaviors towards animals dependant on how human-like animals are.