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The 'tail' of the shrinking dog brain: Study reveals they began getting smaller 5,000 years ago

Dogs have long been known to have smaller brains than the wolves they descended from. But when they started to shrink has been a matter of some debate. New research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, which compared ancient and modern canid skulls, puts the date at around 5,000 year...

The 'tail' of the shrinking dog brain: Study reveals they began getting smaller 5,000 years ago
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Dogs have long been known to have smaller brains than the wolves they descended from. But when they started to shrink has been a matter of some debate. New research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, which compared ancient and modern canid skulls, puts the date at around 5,000 years ago.

Originally published at Phys.org

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