Why do animals living with humans evolve such similar features? A new theory could explain 'domestication syndrome'
- Written by: Ben Thomas Gleeson, Doctoral Candidate, Australian National University
Luz Rovira / Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDIn the 19th century, Charles Darwin was one of the first to notice something interesting about domesticated animals: different species often developed similar changes when compared to their ancient wild ancestors.
But why would a host of seemingly unrelated features repeatedly occur together in different domesticated...