The story of animal domestication retold
A review of recent research on the
domestication of large herbivores for “The Modern View of
Domestication,” a special feature of PNAS, suggests that neither intentional
breeding nor genetic isolation were as significant as traditionally
thought.
Winning the cookie vote
David Kilper/WUSTL PhotoIn a lighthearted experiment to see if cookie sales can predict the winner of the upcoming presidential election, WUSTL Dining Services is selling donkey- and elephant-shaped sugar cookies for $1.25 each.