Wolves around the world have evolved different skull shapes—humans are also shaping their evolution
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PhysWolves around the world have evolved different skull shapes—humans are also shaping their evolutionphys.orgA new international study led by researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland, shows that wolves living in different parts of the world are not anatomically identical. Their skulls differ in shape and size according to climate, prey availability, evolutionary history and, increasingly, the influence of humans. The paper is published in the journal Diversity and Distributions.
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