Native Americans First Tamed Turkeys 2,000 Years Ago

Discovery News ^ | Monday, February 1, 2010 | Jennifer Viegas

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Native Americans first domesticated turkeys around 800 B.C. Turkeys weren't initially used for their meat, but rather their feathers. Native American groups may have shared turkey-raising tips... 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. The two instances of domestication appear to have been separate, based on DNA analysis of ancient turkey remains. However, the different Native American groups could have been in contact with each other, sharing turkey-raising tips... The scientists combined their efforts for the study, which involved DNA analysis of 149 turkey bones and 29 coprolites from 38 different archaeological sites... These Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, appear to have not only raised domestic turkeys, but also incorporated local wild turkeys into their domestic stocks, according to Yang.

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[PzLdr]

A majority of Americans voted for a turkey in 2008.

[Migraine]

Turkeys weren't initially used for their meat

That statement right there is a PETA assault on my intelligence.

[neverdem]

Ancient mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals complexity of indigenous North American turkey domestication abstract

Ancient mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals complexity of indigenous North American turkey domestication pdf article

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Don't diss turkeys.

[SunkenCiv]

I would PETA first to agree with you.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nd.

[Migraine]

I would PETA first to agree with you.

What fur?

[Oztrich Boy]

Turkeys weren't initially used for their meat, but rather their feathers

How long did it take the Amerindians to realize that their mobile feather mines tasted like chicken?

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[colorado tanker]

Turkeys weren't originally used for their meat.

Of course not.

[SunkenCiv]

:’)