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Modern cats have smaller brains than their ancestors

Avatar photo by Thomas Oakley-Newell February 11, 2022February 14, 2022

A new study has confirmed that domestic cats have smaller brains and skulls than their wild ancestors. The paper, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, replicated studies on cranial volumes in domestic cats from the 60s and 70s and found that domestic cats have smaller brains relative to European wildcats and the wild…

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