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Dogs Have Bigger Brains Than Cats Because They Are More Sociable, Research Finds
Science Daily ^ | 11/28/10 | Staff

Posted on 11/28/2010 4:58:06 PM PST by Nachum

Over millions of years dogs have developed bigger brains than cats because highly social species of mammals need more brain power than solitary animals, according to a study by Oxford University. For the first time researchers have attempted to chart the evolutionary history of the brain across different groups of mammals over 60 million years. They have discovered that there are huge variations in how the brains of different groups of mammals have evolved over that time.

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KEYWORDS: bigger; brains; cats; doggieping; dogs; have; kittyping
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To: UCANSEE2

ROFLMAO! Yes, that’s perfect. Thanks for your post.


81 posted on 11/28/2010 7:47:59 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Nachum

Maybe dogs are more sociable because they have bigger brains.


82 posted on 11/28/2010 7:54:48 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Nachum

83 posted on 11/28/2010 8:00:32 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: metmom

LOLOL! Thank you for sharing your insights, dear sister in Christ!


84 posted on 11/28/2010 8:17:44 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: cripplecreek

That was the best TZ ever.


85 posted on 11/28/2010 8:37:53 PM PST by packrat35 (I got your tag line..)
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To: packrat35

Strong pro Chirstian message in it too and no one batted an eye about it back then.


86 posted on 11/28/2010 8:40:36 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Nachum

Oh Lord. Save me from the enmity to follow. (rolling eyes)


87 posted on 11/28/2010 8:42:24 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: hole_n_one

Lololol...The “Cat Fud” far side is one of my favorite all time farsides. Followed by the one with the guy looking out his kitchen window calling to his dog...”Fifi come faster come faster!” Then you see the little doggy door is bolted shut. Tether Cat, and the deer one “bummer of a birth mark”, are always good for a chuckle....wow there are way too many to mention...I miss Gary Larson.


88 posted on 11/28/2010 8:56:27 PM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Joe 6-pack; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ..


89 posted on 11/28/2010 11:18:04 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: cripplecreek; UCANSEE2
The only problem with dogs is that they don’t live 80 years or so.

Get a bird! I hear some of them have to be put into wills to ensure they are cared for after the owner dies. I still prefer my furry friends over the feathery kind though.


90 posted on 11/28/2010 11:28:50 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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To: dsrtsage; hole_n_one
LOL!
Alligators "bobbing for" (French) Poodles @ Hollow's Eve Party
French Poodles of the Wild Serengeti, resting under trees.
WHOP! *(crushing) yapping little toy dog on bottom of Man's shoe,
while watching the TV...Wife wondering in other room.*

91 posted on 11/28/2010 11:53:33 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Imam Zer0: DeathCARE, Is my only "health" plan....to hell w/ free enterprise system :^)
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To: Joe 6-pack

love that graphic Joe.. shared on FaceBook (on my dogs account).. LOL


92 posted on 11/29/2010 1:42:42 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is... tell your storm how BIG your God is!)
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To: jmcenanly

canines have to work as a team. There fore to eat they have to be more intelligent and know where each member of the pack is at any given time.....cats just have tofollow the prey, no teamwork involved. But I still love cats and dogs each for their own ability..


93 posted on 11/29/2010 2:20:32 AM PST by goat granny
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To: Allegra

I couldn’t agree more. Doorknobs get fondled all the time like a TSA victim. Tables just stand there, hold things effortlessly, and get dusted once a week. No brainer!


94 posted on 11/29/2010 4:23:10 AM PST by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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To: SpaceBar

Aw, don’t let it bother you. There are rats (cute little things, huh), and there are the metaphorical rats, who are running our country into the ground, and they’re the ones with the reputation of the plague carriers.


95 posted on 11/29/2010 4:53:00 AM PST by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ah, another salvo in the war between cat lovers and dog lovers. We animal lovers are neutral. ;-)


96 posted on 11/29/2010 5:02:54 AM PST by TheOldLady (The only way to run our country is conservatively.)
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To: metmom

I don’t see how this points to evolution at all.
It points to ADAPTATION, where the dog is created with all the necessary information required to develop the bigger brain, and where humans artificially selected those that were more social.

No new information was added to the dogs’ DNA.
That’s KEY.


97 posted on 11/29/2010 5:27:57 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: goat granny
canines have to work as a team. There fore to eat they have to be more intelligent and know where each member of the pack is at any given time.....cats just have tofollow the prey, no teamwork involved.

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Excellent point, gg!

98 posted on 11/29/2010 6:01:47 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Happy Rain

“Cats are way too proud and too cool to evolve additional gray matter for that kind of embarrassing behavior.”

That’s what my cat, Fiona, told me just the other day.


99 posted on 11/29/2010 6:09:03 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: Nachum

100 posted on 11/29/2010 8:06:03 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce - Karl Marx)
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