#domestication tag

In the English language, the turkey gets kind of a tough break. Talking turkey requires serious honesty and speaking harsh truths. Going cold turkey is, often, an onerous way of quitting something completely and suddenly. Being a turkey is a rude zinger thrown at movie and theatrical flops, as well as unpleasant, failure-prone people. Yet, in the culinary world, the turkey looms large, particularly during November.

History

Science

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

2 weeks ago

City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets

Urban raccoons exhibit physical and behavioral changes consistent with early stages of domestication due to adaptation to human environments.

Environment

fromwww.dw.com

2 months ago

How humans made chickens grow and foxes shrink DW 09/01/2025

From the Middle Ages to Modern Era, wild animal sizes decreased while domestic animal sizes increased due to habitat loss, hunting, and intensified selective breeding.

Pets

fromThe Mercury News

6 months ago

Why cats are orange (and tortoiseshell and calico)

Researchers identified the gene responsible for orange cats, revealing it is sex-linked and explaining why most orange cats are male.

fromHackernoon

7 months ago

Incentives, Not Intent, Are Taming Us | HackerNoon

Over many generations - through deliberate selection, crossing and interbreeding - humans 'created' the domesticated creatures we have and use today.

Artificial intelligence

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City life is reshaping raccoons and may be nudging them toward domestication

Are raccoons AKA trash pandas really evolving into cute pets? One theory says yes | Helen Pilcher