"Future Humans May Call Us the 'Chicken People,' and" Topic
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Tango01 | 12 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]…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Waco Joe | 13 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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Bowman | 13 Dec 2018 11:36 a.m. PST |
It seems chicken consumption exceeds that of beef, Joe. |
Tango01 | 13 Dec 2018 11:55 a.m. PST |
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Gunfreak | 14 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. |
Bowman | 14 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 | 14 Dec 2018 7:13 p.m. PST |
Better that than long pork. |
skippy0001 | 15 Dec 2018 7:27 a.m. PST |
Nope. Beverage bottle tops. One thing Fallout got right. Guinness people, Soda pop people et cetera. |
20thmaine | 19 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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