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Recent Examples on the Web One explanation for reduced brain size and other traits associated with domestication syndrome is outlined in the neural crest cell hypothesis, which was published in a 2014 study. — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022 Last year other scientists came up with a testable hypothesis: tame animals may have fewer or defective neural crest cells. — Virginia Morell, Scientific American, 1 July 2015 Studying marmoset neural crest implications, therefore, could shed new light on human development too. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2020 The secret is in the multipurpose neural crest cells. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2020 In 2014, Wrangham and collaborators even proposed a possible biological mechanism in neural crest cells, which help shape many of those body parts during embryonic development. — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020 The two differed, the authors say, with moderns having a mild disruption of neural crest activity as compared with the full power of its effects, unencumbered by any disruption, in Neandertals and Denisovans. — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2019 In particular, changes to genes involved in bone formation and the development of an embryonic tissue called the neural crest likely helped lead to headgear in the first place. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019 While some early scientists couldn’t pin down why these unplanned physical traits appeared, others had an idea: neural crest cells. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 30 Jan. 2018 See More

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