‘Domestication Syndrome’: Why do animals living with humans evolve similar features?

BEN THOMAS GLEESON: 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 animals? Scientists call this collection of shared changes “domestication syndrome,” … Continue reading ‘Domestication Syndrome’: Why do animals living with humans evolve similar features?