Archaeological excavation unearths evidence of turkey domestication 1,500 years ago

Posted by on November 21, 2016 3:55 pm
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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.

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