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This study either ignores or minimizes the known "island populations of animals get smaller over time" rule. As a side note, you have to assume that human actions have something to do with it ("Angus! Go out back and kill that big-ass sheep! I've got a craving for mutton!").
@cirby: No one has lived on this island (save some scientists and maybe military) since the 1930's, but the sheep have only recently been changing size. They're wild sheep that aren't hunted by man or any predators.
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