TIL that a population of escaped American Minks have managed to regrow their brains by at least 20% over 40 generations to nearly match the size found in the ancestral population, a rare reversal of the domestication process.

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TIL that a population of escaped American Minks have managed to regrow their brains by at least 20% over 40 generations to nearly match the size found in the ancestral population, a rare reversal of the domestication process.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/10/7/230463/91980/Domestication-effect-of-reduced-brain-size-is
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