The Dogs of Today Are Undergoing a Mysterious Brain Expansion, Study Suggests

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a69644378/why-dog-brains-are-getting-bigger/?ICID=ref_fark


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“Different dog breeds live in varying levels of social complexity and perform complex tasks, which likely require a larger brain capacity,” Niclas Kolm of Stockholm University, says in the news release. “Therefore, we hypothesize that the selective pressures on the brain can vary within the dog species, and we may find differences in brain size among breeds based on the tasks they perform or their genetic distance from wolves.”

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