Raccoons have an endless buffet of urban trash. New evidence hints it could be sparking domestication

By Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other domesticated animals. The new finding describes what a biologist says could be the first account of domestication in its earliest stages. For Raffaela Lesch, an assistant professor at the