October 20th, 2020 at 12:39AM

kuttithevangu:

Dog breeds are mere Victorian confections, neither pure nor ancient – Michael Worboys | Aeon Ideas
For centuries, dogs were like a rainbow: variations on a type. Then the Victorians invented the modern dog breeds of today
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I’m going to buy this guy’s book for Purposes but I also wanted to share this essay because the title is so funny

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