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#903436 added January 30, 2017 at 4:02am
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Chickens
Chickens
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​​The exact timing of the domestication of the modern chicken (Gallus domesticus) is unknown, though tame chicken populations were already established in China by the 5th century BCE -- or seven to eight thousand years ago.

The wild ancestor of the chicken can be traced to several species of junglefowl -- primarily the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) -- which still exist today in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The junglefowl is currently under threat of extinction due to crossbreeding with domestic chickens.


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