Study of eggshells helps better understand chicken domestication
The eggshells found at 12 archaeological sites in Central Asia suggests that poultry farming intensified along the Silk Road from the 4th century BC onward.
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The eggshells found at 12 archaeological sites in Central Asia suggests that poultry farming intensified along the Silk Road from the 4th century BC onward.
The domesticated birds were likely common in Central Asia from 400 BCE to 1000 CE.
New archaeological and biomolecular findings reveal that chickens were domesticated for egg-laying purposes as early as 400 BCE in Central Asia.