Archaeological excavation unearths evidence of turkey domestication 1,500 years ago
Monday, November 21, 2016 - 14:51
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The turkeys we'll be sitting down to eat on Thursday have a history that goes way back. Archaeologists have unearthed a clutch of domesticated turkey eggs used as a ritual offering 1,500 years ago in Oaxaca, Mexico -- some of the earliest evidence of turkey domestication.