How were Rabbits Domesticated? We don't really know!
Today I discuss rabbit domestication (or what little we know about it!). Expect to see more videos about domestication in the future. If you want to learn more about horse domestication and horses, definitely check out the Mimbres School for the Humanities! I did a full course about this, with recordings available for auditors. And if you stay tuned until next year, I will be teaching a course about domestication with them as well.
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Mimbres School: https://mimbres.study.garden/
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Images
By JJ Harrison ([email protected]) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Prosthetic Head - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Bouke ten Cate - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By SableSteel - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Ross Little - Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Alesas19 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
[[File:Oryctolagus cuniculus 01 MWNH 395.jpg|Oryctolagus_cuniculus_01_MWNH_395]] by Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer, Museum Wiesbaden