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This study investigates the impact of urban environments on the phenotypic traits of North American raccoons, specifically focusing on snout length as an indicator of the domestication syndrome. Using a dataset of 19,495 raccoon images sourced from citizen science, the authors found that urban raccoons exhibit shorter snouts compared to their rural counterparts, supporting the Neural Crest Domestication Syndrome hypothesis. These findings provide insights into early-stage domestication patterns in a non-dom
- Author
- Snakehands McGraw
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- EN