The evolution of species is often framed as a gradual process unfolding over millennia. Yet, sometimes evolution speeds up—not through natural selection but through human intervention. A new study, Evolution under Intensive Industrial Breeding: Skull Size and Shape Comparison Between Historic and Modern Pig Lineages1 by Ashleigh Haruda and colleagues, re…
How Humans Reshaped the Pig's Skull in Just 100 Years
Unintended Consequences of Industrial Breeding
