American Mink Regains Ancestral Brain Size Upon Escaping Captivity

Medicine & Technology Jul 06, 2023

A study finds that escaped American minks regained almost full ancestral brain size, challenging the permanence of domestication-induced brain changes. Continue reading to learn more.

1,600-Year-Old Sheep Mummy Reveals Husbandry Practices in Ancient Iran

Jul 14, 2021

An international collaboration of archaeologists and geneticists examined the remains of a 1,600-year-old sheep mummy from Chehrābād in Zanjian Province, revealing important details about ancient Iran as well as the effect of natural mummification processes.

This Fish Is the First of Its Kind To Domesticate Other Animals

Dec 10, 2020

Researchers from Australia reveals the farmer fish that domesticates shrimp to protect its algae farms, a first of its kind.

New Study Suggests That Monkeys Self-Domesticated

Oct 16, 2020

In science, there is a term for the notion that breeding out aggression in animals affects their evolution - "domestication syndrome" - and might explain some of the marmoset monkeys' physical traits.

Ancient DNA Shows Dogs Split from Wolves Much Earlier than Previous Estimates

May 23, 2015

The long relationship between humans and dogs has just been pushed back by tens of thousands of years, thanks to a small piece of rib bone found during an expedition to the far northern reaches of Siberia. And the genetics show that dogs split from wolves much earlier than we once believed.