Elephants as an animal model for self-domestication [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023 Humans are unique in their sophisticated culture and societal structures, their complex languages, and their extensive tool use. According to the human self-domestication hypothesis, this unique set of traits may be the result of an evolutionary process ...
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Paedomorphic facial expressions give dogs a selective advantage. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 How wolves were first domesticated is unknown. One hypothesis suggests that wolves underwent a process of self-domestication by tolerating human presence and taking advantage of scavenging possibilities.
Bridget M Waller +6 more
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Editorial: Self-Domestication and Human Evolution [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Antonio Benítez-Burraco +2 more
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On human self-domestication, psychiatry, and eugenics [PDF]
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2007 The hypothesis that anatomically modern homo sapiens could have undergone changes akin to those observed in domesticated animals has been contemplated in the biological sciences for at least 150 years.
Brüne Martin
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Fish as Model Systems to Study Epigenetic Drivers in Human Self-Domestication and Neurodevelopmental Cognitive Disorders [PDF]
Genes, 2022 Dafni Anastasiadi +2 more
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The (Co)Evolution of Language and Music Under Human Self-Domestication [PDF]
Human Nature, 2023 Antonio Benítez-Burraco +2 more
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Multiple Genetic Origins of Non‐Native, Self‐Sustaining Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in Streams in Baden‐Württemberg, Germany [PDF]
Evolutionary ApplicationsIntroduced in the late 19th Century, Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) has been stocked historically in streams throughout Baden‐Württemberg, Germany, and some populations have become self‐sustaining with unclear impact on native salmonid populations ...
J. Peter Koene +6 more
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The Emergence of Modern Languages: Has Human Self-Domestication Optimized Language Transmission? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Antonio Benítez-Burraco, Vera Kempe
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Body Cognition and Self-Domestication in Human Evolution [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Emiliano Bruner, Ben T. Gleeson
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One Health, Two Species: Linking Domestication to Cognitive Aging in Dogs and Humans [PDF]
AnimalsThis commentary explores the parallel neuroanatomical and neurobiological evolution that ultimately led to modern dogs and humans, through domestication and self-domestication, respectively.
Corinne Quadalti
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