The Domesticated Brain
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Cat brains have shrunk since they were domesticated by humans, new study confirms
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The Domesticated Brain
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The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. THE CEREBRUM. 797 The grey substance forming the corpora striata has, for its essential elements, cells analogous to the medium cells
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Intensive human contact correlates with smaller brains: differential brain size reduction in cattle types
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Cat brains shrank in size as a result of domestication •
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