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Modern domestic chickens are thought to be descendants of the Southeast Asian red junglefowl, which were preyed upon by sky-dwelling predators like raptors.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024
New research suggests chicken DNA is supplanting wild genomes of local red junglefowl.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2023
All modern-day chickens are thought to be descended from junglefowl, tropical birds native to Southeast Asia and China that may have been domesticated as far back as 6,000 B.C.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
Still, Eda says he’d like to see follow-up research to make sure the bones in Thailand are definitely domesticated chickens, not wild junglefowl buried with humans.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 5, 2022
Farm chickens are, for all intents and purposes, the same species of bird as their wild ancestor: the red junglefowl.
From Salon ● May 30, 2022
