Brain size reduction in dogs was already established at least by the Late Neolithic of Western Europe, 5000 years ago

Thomas Cucchi, Lucile-Morgane Hays, Alessio Veneziano, Margot Michaud, Colline Brassard, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Pierre Pétrequin, Mietje B. Germonpré, Evelyne Crégut-Bonnoure, Frédéric Elleboudt, Kalman Czeibert, László Zsolt Garamszegi, Enikő Kubinyi, Niclas Kolm, Tibor Csörgő, Justine Joseph, Salomé Leroy, Claude Guintard, Marion Fusellier, Christophe Duchamp, Anthony Herrel, Loukas George Koungoulos, Thomas J. Peachey, Lachie Scarsbrook, Laurent Frantz, Joan Madurell-Malapeira, Sandrine Ladevèze

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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.252453
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@article{allodium:10.1098/rsos.252453,
  title = {Brain size reduction in dogs was already established at least by the Late Neolithic of Western Europe, 5000 years ago},
  author = {Thomas Cucchi and Lucile-Morgane Hays and Alessio Veneziano and Margot Michaud and Colline Brassard and Rose-Marie Arbogast and Pierre Pétrequin and Mietje B. Germonpré and Evelyne Crégut-Bonnoure and Frédéric Elleboudt and Kalman Czeibert and László Zsolt Garamszegi and Enikő Kubinyi and Niclas Kolm and Tibor Csörgő and Justine Joseph and Salomé Leroy and Claude Guintard and Marion Fusellier and Christophe Duchamp and Anthony Herrel and Loukas George Koungoulos and Thomas J. Peachey and Lachie Scarsbrook and Laurent Frantz and Joan Madurell-Malapeira and Sandrine Ladevèze},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Royal Society Open Science},
  doi = {10.1098/rsos.252453},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.252453}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Brain size reduction in dogs was already established at least by the Late Neolithic of Western Europe, 5000 years ago
AU  - Thomas Cucchi
AU  - Lucile-Morgane Hays
AU  - Alessio Veneziano
AU  - Margot Michaud
AU  - Colline Brassard
AU  - Rose-Marie Arbogast
AU  - Pierre Pétrequin
AU  - Mietje B. Germonpré
AU  - Evelyne Crégut-Bonnoure
AU  - Frédéric Elleboudt
AU  - Kalman Czeibert
AU  - László Zsolt Garamszegi
AU  - Enikő Kubinyi
AU  - Niclas Kolm
AU  - Tibor Csörgő
AU  - Justine Joseph
AU  - Salomé Leroy
AU  - Claude Guintard
AU  - Marion Fusellier
AU  - Christophe Duchamp
AU  - Anthony Herrel
AU  - Loukas George Koungoulos
AU  - Thomas J. Peachey
AU  - Lachie Scarsbrook
AU  - Laurent Frantz
AU  - Joan Madurell-Malapeira
AU  - Sandrine Ladevèze
PY  - 2026
JO  - Royal Society Open Science
DO  - 10.1098/rsos.252453
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.252453
ER  -

APA

Cucchi, T., Hays, L., Veneziano, A., Michaud, M., Brassard, C., Arbogast, R., Pétrequin, P., Germonpré, M. B., Crégut-Bonnoure, E., Elleboudt, F., Czeibert, K., Garamszegi, L. Z., Kubinyi, E., Kolm, N., Csörgő, T., Joseph, J., Leroy, S., Guintard, C., Fusellier, M., Duchamp, C., Herrel, A., Koungoulos, L. G., Peachey, T. J., Scarsbrook, L., Frantz, L., Madurell-Malapeira, J., & Ladevèze, S. (2026). Brain size reduction in dogs was already established at least by the Late Neolithic of Western Europe, 5000 years ago. Royal Society Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.252453

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