ScienceDaily Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 The discarded bone of a chicken leg, still etched with teeth marks from a dinner thousands of years ago, provides some of the oldest known physical evidence for the introduction of domesticated chickens to the continent of Africa, research has confirmed. Based on radiocarbon dating of about 30 chicken bones unearthed at the site of an ancient farming village in present-day Ethiopia, the findings shed new light on how domesticated chickens crossed ancient roads -- and seas. Read the full article on ScienceDaily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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