Archaeological Excavation Unearths Evidence of Turkey Domestication 1,500 Years Ago
![Turkey eggs and bones uncovbered in Oaxaca, Mexico (L). After 1,500 years, turkey domestication continues (R). Image Field Museum Archaeological Excavation Unearths Evidence of Turkey Domestication 1,500 Years Ago](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/animals/turkey_images.jpg)
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. “Our research tells us that turkeys had been domesticated by […]