Researchers utilize next-generation zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry for species identificationCredit: Kyungcheol Choy from Hanyang University ERICA
Posted on 05/01/2026 7:18:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A team of researchers led by Kyungcheol Choy of Hanyang University found evidence of chicken-keeping some 2,000 years ago with the Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) technique, according to a statement released by Hanyang University. This technique allows scientists to analyze collagen peptides and amino acid sequences obtained from small samples of bone, thus allowing the identification of even highly fragmented remains. The chicken bones in this study were unearthed at the Gungok-ri site in southwestern Korea. "We confirmed not only the presence of chickens but also their management during the Proto-Three Kingdoms period," Choy said. Plus, elevated levels of nitrogen isotopes in the bones indicate that the chickens had been fed by humans. Analysis and dating of additional chicken bones from sites across the Korean Peninsula could help researchers understand how domestic chickens were acquired and how they spread, the researchers concluded. To read more about the history of fowl, go to "The Chicken People."
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Researchers utilize next-generation zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry for species identificationCredit: Kyungcheol Choy from Hanyang University ERICA
That must be where they get those 1000 year old eggs.............
Omelet that one go.
Where were the nuggets?
(Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated form
of the red jungle-fowl (Gallus gallus),
originally native to Southeast Asia.
Or, as they call them in North Korea, dinner.
Should ask it about ducks instead. 🐔🦆😁
Was this at a KFC?
“Or, as they call them in North Korea, dinner.”
Korea? They weren’t free range.
wy69
Selections on chicken origins from the FRchives:
the presence of chickens
Closing time at KFC...just a little sparse...
McNuggets from the first McDonald’s?
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