Native Americans tamed turkeys in 800 B.C.
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 16:56
in Health & Medicine
More than 1,500 years before Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed to the New World, Native Americans had already domesticated turkeys twice: first in south-central Mexico at around 800 B.C. and again in what is now the southwestern U.S. at about 200 B.C., according to a new study. Christopher Columbus - United States - Mexico - New World - Native American