As cats have become domesticated over the last 10,000 years or so, their brains have shrunk significantly in size, a new study confirms – a finding that could lead to important new insights into how animals adapt when they start being regularly kep
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Palate size was also examined, but there was no significant change between domestic and wild cats in that area. There has been some discussion that a reduction in neural crest cells should lead to a shorter snout length as well as a smaller size of cranium, but that wasn't seen in this set of data. "Brain size comparisons are often based on old, inaccessible literature and in some cases drew comparisons between domestic animals and wild species that are no longer thought to represent the true progenitor species of the domestic species in question,"One suggestion that the study authors don't agree with is the claim that cats are currently only 'semi-domesticated' compared with, say, dogs – a view suggesting that cats choose to be with humans rather than the other way...
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