Rabbits “are helping win the war,” proclaimed a Los Angeles Times article from 1943. Touted as a patriotic food during World War II, rabbits were raised by thousands of Americans in their ...

Rabbit bones from 550-1100 AD had lower stable carbon isotope values, indicating less corn in their diet, said Somerville. That species of rabbit is not domesticated today.

New radiocarbon dates for rabbit bones excavated in the 1960s at Mexico’s Coxcatlan Cave (shown here) raise the possibility that humans lived there roughly 30,000 years ago. Andrew D. Somerville ...

Rabbit was on the menu for Neanderthals Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought. Fossils suggest they were hunting rabbits in Western Europe thousands of years ago. Eugene Morin at Trent ...

• Rabbits are fragile. Rabbit bones are similar to cat bones and break easily. Broken bones, and even broken backs, are not uncommon if they are dropped or mishandled by a child.

“At the time, we felt that was a great discovery, we had no idea it would lead to this.” Once he located the bones, Somerville got permission from the Mexican government to take small samples – about ...

“Rabbit is one of my favorite subjects because it is so versatile, like veal or chicken,” says chef Evan Funke of Bucato. A favorite dish of his for those new to rabbit is ragù.