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Craig_Heldreth comments on Brain shrinkage in humans over past ~20 000 years - what did we lose? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Craig_Heldreth 22 February 2012 03:57:50PM 2 points [-]

From the article:

Some 30 animals have been domesticated, he notes, and in the process every one of them has lost brain volume—typically a 10 to 15 percent reduction compared with their wild progenitors.

A strong claim if true.

I found this book on google scholar and the parts of it I read supported this claim more than refuted it but were not so definitive and absolute.