14: Domesticating Foxes, The Oldest Potted Plant, and Crosswords

Could you domesticate a fox, and what even IS domestication? What is the oldest potted plant, and, wait, what does Caroline mean by that question? And how did Tom go from hating crosswords to loving them? The photo we mention of Mecta the Fox Pup Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: the first domesticated animals, one of Darwin’s sequels, floppy ears, domestication syndrome, the fox bachelor, the neural crest cell hypothesis, our version of Behind the Bastards, cited comment critiques, we all just want to learn, I’ve never seen a plant in the middle ages, we completely misinterpret the question, ella’s old man wisdom, a plant older than america, the anxious keepers of the oldest potted plant, crosswords were a fad, we were always insufferable, relearnig ocular immunity, crossword fuckery, “thirsty” well shortz, what is and isn’t general knowledge? and bad jokes with friends. Sources: A New Origin Story for Dogs Dog Domestication and the Dual Dispersal of People and Dogs into the Americas Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs The Silver Fox Domestication Experiment Early Canid Domestication: interplay betwe…