Animal evolution: foxy friends

Richard W Byrne

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.023

Animal evolution: foxy friends

Curr Biol. 2005 Feb 8;15(3):R86-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.023.

Author

Richard W Byrne¹

Affiliation

¹ Scottish Primate Research Group, and Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, Scotland UK.

PMID: 15694295
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.023

Abstract

Red foxes that have been selected since 1959 for tameness to humans show some of the sociocognitive abilities of domestic dogs, raising questions for theories of the evolution of cognition.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Domestic*
Behavior, Animal / physiology*
Biological Evolution*
Cognition / physiology*
Foxes / physiology*
Selection, Genetic*
Species Specificity