Media

Read

• The history of domestication: a rabbit’s tale
  Oxford University News and Events, 14 February, 2018

• People Have Believed a Lie About Rabbit Domestication for Decades
  The Atlantic, 14 February, 2018

• Debunked: The Strange Tale of Pope Gregory and the Rabbits
  The New York Times, 13 February, 2018

• Legend held that monks domesticated rabbits for food. The truth is more complex.
  The Washington Post, 14 February, 2018

• The Odd, Tidy Story of Rabbit Domestication That Is Also Completely False
  Smithsonian.com, 14 February, 2018

• Study debunks fishy tale of how rabbits were first tamed
  Science News, 14 February, 2018

• Talking Biotech: Oxford's Greger Larson on how grey wolves evolved to become man’s most loyal companion
  Genetic Literacy Project, December 19, 2016

• What fluffy bunnies can tell us about domestication: It didn't go the way you think
  Phys.org, 14 February, 2018

• Baby rabbits aren’t fish, and a pope didn’t domesticate bunnies
  Cosmos Magazine, 15 February, 2018

• No One Really Knows When Wild Rabbits Became Fluffy Domesticated Bunnies
  Gizmodo, 14 February, 2018

• The history of domestication: a rabbit’s tale
  My Science, 14 February, 2018

• Rabbit Genes Unraveled a Weird Catholic Legend About Meat-Eating
  Inverse, 14 February, 2018

• Everything You Know About Rabbits Is A Lie
  Jezebel, 14 February, 2018

• Rabbits domestication story a bit of a leap, researchers say
  Daily Mail, 14 February, 2018

• The Origins of Dogs
  Discover Magazine, November 9, 2016

• Dogs may have been domesticated more than once
  Science Magazine, June 2, 2016

Watch

How domestic animals and plants changed the course of our history - Dr Greger Larson from European Research Council on Vimeo.

Greger Larson talks research to the ERC

Listen

• CellPress Podcast talks rabbit domestication with Greger Larson
  (from 12.19 onward).

• Canine Conundrum: How Dog Became Man’s Best Friend
  Science Friday

• Serving Up the Origins of the Chicken and Chili Pepper
  Science Friday