ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2021
Intensive human contact correlates with smaller brains: differential brain size reduction in cattle types.
Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- The reduction in relative brain size in the domesticated dog is not an evolutionary singularity among the canids.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Association of tameness and sociability but no sign of domestication syndrome in mice selectively bred for active tameness.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2024Article
- Cranial form differences in goats by breed and domestic status.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The endangered brain: actively preservingRoyal Society open science · 2023Review
- The mammalian brain under domestication: Discovering patterns after a century of old and new analyses.Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution · 2022Review
- Brain morphology correlates of learning and cognitive flexibility in a fish species (Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Cranial volume and palate length of cats,Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Intensive human contact correlates with smaller brains: differential brain size reduction in cattle types.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cattle are one of the most intensively bred domestic animals, providing humans with a multitude of products and uses. Using data from the fossil record, we test if their domestication, as for other taxa, has resulted in a reduction of their brain size. We not only conclude that
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