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This is a provocative finding, and since I haven't read the article; it a bit hard to know how much to invest in it.  On the face of it, it makes sense.  Going the opposite direction, do the brains of "city mice" get smaller over generations if they are restored to "country" environments?

C


From The New York Times:

MATTER: As Humans Change Landscape, Brains of Some Animals Change, Too

As humans alter the places where animals live, we may be fueling the evolution of bigger brains.

http://nyti.ms/184b7c7


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