Selective breeding over the past century has shortened and flattened the snouts of German domestic pigs. Though not an ...

German pig skulls changed significantly due to selective breeding. Scientists found shorter snouts and flatter foreheads in ...

Short snouts and a flat profile - within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...

Today, pigs are mainly fed pellets that are high ... The findings demonstrate how strongly humans can influence the evolution of animals. "Charles Darwin assumed that long periods of time ...

Researchers from MLU analyzed 3D scans of 135 pig skulls and found significant shape changes over just 100 years. Selective ...

Haruda et al, Evolution under intensive industrial breeding: skull size and shape comparison between historic and modern pig lineages, Royal Society Open Science (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.