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09-03-2013, 03:26 PM
Urban creatures found to have bigger brains than their country cousins
A U.S. evolutionary biologist has found human behaviour could be driving the evolution of animals' brains by changing the habitats in which they live
Emilie Snell-Rood discovered white-footed mouse and meadow voles living in cities have larger brains than animals collected from the countryside
The University of Minnesota research could be used to prioritise conservation efforts in rural areas being turned into farming land or towns
By SARAH GRIFFITHS
PUBLISHED: 11:38 GMT, 3 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:39 GMT, 3 September 2013
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The researchers found the urban populations of two of the species did possess significantly greater cranial capacity and predicted that if cleverer animals thrived in urban environments, cranial capacity should increase over time. Pictured is a squirrel (left) and gopher (right) enjoying life close to humans
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2409714/Is-city-living-making-animals-intelligent-Urban-creatures-bigger-brains-country-cousins.html#ixzz2dqN5A7CX
A U.S. evolutionary biologist has found human behaviour could be driving the evolution of animals' brains by changing the habitats in which they live
Emilie Snell-Rood discovered white-footed mouse and meadow voles living in cities have larger brains than animals collected from the countryside
The University of Minnesota research could be used to prioritise conservation efforts in rural areas being turned into farming land or towns
By SARAH GRIFFITHS
PUBLISHED: 11:38 GMT, 3 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:39 GMT, 3 September 2013
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/03/article-2409714-14E3F6BE000005DC-913_306x423.jpghttp://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/03/article-2409714-1A7533F5000005DC-312_306x423.jpg
The researchers found the urban populations of two of the species did possess significantly greater cranial capacity and predicted that if cleverer animals thrived in urban environments, cranial capacity should increase over time. Pictured is a squirrel (left) and gopher (right) enjoying life close to humans
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2409714/Is-city-living-making-animals-intelligent-Urban-creatures-bigger-brains-country-cousins.html#ixzz2dqN5A7CX