Raffaela Lesch

So we did not consider different subpopulations or subspecies or like different nutrition and all of that.

So we really just wanted a very simplistic study designed to look at does an urban rural continuum like show up with any differences in snout length, but

We did only correct for climate.

We did not look at different diets.

We did not look at subpopulations.

So that is something that would have to be a next step where ideally you go in and collect, for example, anatomical data from skulls from different populations.

where you know what their diet is like.

So you can tease apart effects of climate, diet, subpopulations.

So that would have to be the next step.

So this was really the first kind of like, is it worth looking at this more?

And now the answer is yes, it has potential.

So now we have to follow up with more in-depth research into different populations.

Yeah.

So if they really are on the pathway to domestication, then it most likely will be thousands of years.

So don't go out and pull a raccoon out of the trash can, put it in your living room.

If they are on the pathway to domestication, this would be very early stages.

So

It's an adaptation to a human environment, but they're not pets yet.

Anytime, anytime.

Thank you so much for having me.