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Tango0112 Dec 2018 4:15 p.m. PST

…. Here's Why.

"Long-lost cultures are sometimes known by the goods they leave behind. The Neolithic Corded Ware people of Europe, for example, got their name from the distinctive decorated pottery they made. If today's humans ever get a similar moniker, we might be known as the Chicken People.

Domesticated chickens, it turns out, could be a signpost for future archaeologists that screams, "Humans were here!" The total weight of the species Gallus gallus domesticus not only exceeds the weight of all wild birds combined, domesticated chickens also carry distinctive signs of industrialized farming in their very bones.

"They're an example, really, of how we've changed the biosphere to suit our needs as humans," said Carys Bennett, the lead author of a new study published today (Dec. 11) in the journal Royal Society Open Science that argues that chicken-bone fossils may mark a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. [7 Bizarre Ancient Cultures That History Forgot]…."
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Waco Joe13 Dec 2018 10:23 a.m. PST

Well if future anthropologists happen to unearth a bbq pit from around here we may just as well be known as the beef people:

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Bowman13 Dec 2018 11:36 a.m. PST

It seems chicken consumption exceeds that of beef, Joe.

Tango0113 Dec 2018 11:55 a.m. PST

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Gunfreak Supporting Member of TMP14 Dec 2018 2:08 a.m. PST

While we eat a lot of chicken. It's not really what is special about us.
Comparing a long lost culture that left little behind. With a global world society.
Isn't very applicable.

I'd think archeologysts be much more interested in ruins of 1000 meters skyscrapers.
Or the rusted remains super aircraft carriers.

Bowman14 Dec 2018 5:31 a.m. PST

I agree somewhat. A modern society leaves so much more material about than do primitive tribes, so the analogy has some issues. But I still think future archeologists will be interested in our garbage. That still tells a lot about us.

But "chicken people"? I doubt it. Future archeologists will know that chickens were cheaper to raise, were less land intensive and caused a lot less environmental damage than cattle farming. They'll understand why there was the shift from one to the other food source.

Tumbleweed Supporting Member of TMP14 Dec 2018 7:13 p.m. PST

Better that than long pork.

skippy000115 Dec 2018 7:27 a.m. PST

Nope. Beverage bottle tops. One thing Fallout got right. Guinness people, Soda pop people et cetera.

Personal logo 20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP19 Dec 2018 7:16 a.m. PST

Assuming they have to dig to find out about us because our civilization has collapsed it'll be the "Shoe Event Horizon" that distinguishes us !

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