Science Alert: We Now Know When Dog Brains Shrank – And It Might Be Our Fault
Dogs have far smaller brains than their wolf relatives, and now a study led by researchers in France has plotted a timeline for when this shrinking – sometimes considered a mark of domestication – might’ve begun.
Sparky says that his brain shrank when he met Chumley.
Scientists say that dog brains shrank during the Neolithic period, at least 5000 years ago when humans started farming and domesticating animals.
The Nation: The Long Nightmare of Trump’s Border Wall Is Still Going
The Nation: The Long Nightmare of Trump’s Border Wall Is Still Going
That article won’t tell you. It’s more of a Progressive fantasy horror show. The article is awesome because it is pure alarmism. There is no effort to inform, just generate outrage. That aren’t even any pictures or maps to distract from the big scary.
When I woke up from my nap, Sparky told me that he wants to be a scientific dog. He said he’d be a good scientific dog because he can sniff and smell, et cetera, et cetera, etcetera.
As usual, I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about.
Sparky likes a car ride, so he wanted to come along to the mulch yard. It was a longer day than he’d expected.
The RSVP online is a big improvement. Along with the response tab, there are additional tabs for the registry, travel arrangements and the couple’s backstory.
Is it typical for a wedding invitation to offer guidance on proper attire?
Since Thursday, Sparky and I have been camping at Findley State Park. It was dismal, and Sparky was blaming me.
When I started teaching at Normandy in 1995, I was coming off of an engineering career that was mentally challenging because every project was unique and exhausting because of the long hours on site and extensive travel.
I was enthusiastic. Normandy was a great school for me because nobody was paying attention. I could do whatever I wanted, and I wanted to do so many things. I didn’t care about the time, money or effort, if something seemed like a good idea, then we did it. The mural was a good idea.
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These are the most popular movies on each major streaming platform. I don’t want to watch any of them, but if I was on a long flight, and these were my choices, I’d pick Apex. I like Charlize Theron and caves, so that’s something.
Today is the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster. Today, people know about the disaster, with many becoming familiar from the excellent miniseries Chernobyl. It has an IMDB score of 9.2 and is worth watching on HBO Max.
At the time, it was the radioactive fallout over Scandinavia that got my attention. Ten years later, I had a student who had been there.
Poor Funkenhund1, he thinks that I’m screwing with him.
Before we head home, Sparky gets a Slim Jim. That’s the deal when we go on a car ride.
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