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Human impact on the #evolution of domestic and wild #animal #bodySize
has intensified in the last millennium
Human impact on the evolution of domestic and wild animal body size has intensified in the last millennium Open Breadcrumb configuration options
Since the Middle Ages, the size of wild and domestic animals has largely been shaped by human selection: domestic animals are increasingly larger; wild animals increasingly smaller. During the 7,000 years preceding this period, however, wild and domestic species evolved in a synchronous and similar manner, suggesting that environmental and climatic changes played a greater role in shaping animal morphology. These findings, unprecedented on such a time scale, are revealed by CNRS scientists in a study published in PNAS this week.
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#Overfishing has caused #cod to halve in #bodysize since 1990s, study finds
#Scientists have uncovered #genomic evidence that intensive #fishing has driven rapid #evolution changes that have contributed to these fish roughly halving in average body length since the 1990s. The "shrinking" of cod, from median mature body length of 40cm in 1996 to 20cm in 2019, has a genetic basis and human activities have left a profound mark on the population's #DNA, the study concluded.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/25/cod-shrinking-size-overfishing-study
#Scientists have uncovered #genomic evidence that intensive #fishing has driven rapid #evolution changes that have contributed to these fish roughly halving in average body length since the 1990s. The "shrinking" of cod, from median mature body length of 40cm in 1996 to 20cm in 2019, has a genetic basis and human activities have left a profound mark on the population's #DNA, the study concluded.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/25/cod-shrinking-size-overfishing-study
American NaturalistNew open access NHM available ahead of print! "Seasonal Body Size Plasticity and the Generality of Dehnel’s Phenomenon in Sorex Shrews" by McLean et al. Read now! https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735018
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ SciComm 🇺🇦How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists
"The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get."
by @grrlscientist via medium
#BodySize #FleaToad #vertebrates #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-small-can-you-get-another-new-to-science-flea-toad-wows-scientists-9b1713bab54d
How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists
The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get. I’ve shared news of several species of extremely tiny frogs and…
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 
Is The Flea Toad The Smallest Vertebrate In The World?
"Is there a lower limit on vertebrate body size? How small can a vertebrate possibly get?"
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#Amphibians🐸 #BodySize #Vertebrates #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/is-the-flea-toad-the-smallest-vertebrate-67c
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦Is The Flea Toad The Smallest Vertebrate In The World?
"Is there a lower limit on vertebrate body size? How small can a vertebrate possibly get?"
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#Amphibians🐸 #BodySize #Vertebrates #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/is-the-flea-toad-the-smallest-vertebrate-67c
How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists, out of Biology Institute of the University of Campinas, published by PeerJ
#amphibians🐸 #herpetology #vertebrates #BodySize #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/01/how-small-can-you-get-another-new-to-science-flea-toad-wows-scientists/
How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists, out of Biology Institute of the University of Campinas, published by PeerJ
#amphibians🐸 #herpetology #vertebrates #BodySize #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/01/how-small-can-you-get-another-new-to-science-flea-toad-wows-scientists/
ConscienHealthFDA is seeking comments on guidance for clinical trial #diversity plans. But the draft omits any mention of #BodySize diversity. This is a serious omission. If you agree, now is the time to tell FDA they're making a mistake.
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/09/will-fda-forget-size-diversity-in-clinical-trial-guidance/
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/09/will-fda-forget-size-diversity-in-clinical-trial-guidance/
