How chickens became the ultimate symbol of the Anthropocene
Phys.org - Thu 13 Dec 18We are living on the planet of the chickens. The broiler (meat) chicken now outweighs all wild birds put together by three to one. It is the most numerous vertebrate (not just bird) species ...
Researchers suggest broiler chicken is the hallmark of the Anthropocene
Phys.org - Wed 12 Dec 18A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.K. and one in South Africa has come to the conclusion that the broiler chicken offers perhaps the most striking evidence of the rise ...
'Planet of the chickens': How the bird took over the world
BBC News - Wed 12 Dec 18With around 23 billion chickens on the planet, the bird is a symbol of our times, say scientists.
Scientists Propose a New Marker for the Anthropocene: Chickens
Discover Magazine - Wed 12 Dec 18Imagine an archaeological dig far in the future. Scientists are excavating a site somewhere in what was once North America, peeling back layers of dirt in search of the remnants of a vanished ...
The most potent symbol of our time? The chicken
Cosmos Magazine - Wed 12 Dec 18Modern broilers are a wholly technology-dependent species. Andrew Masterson reports.
When humans are wiped from Earth, the chicken bones will remain
Newscientist - Wed 12 Dec 18When humans have vanished from Earth, one of the most enduring marks of our impact will be the sudden appearance of copious chicken bones in the fossil record
A geological hallmark of human activity: chicken bones
ZME Science - Fri 14 Dec 18It's not a very pleasant thought.
Future humans may call us the 'chicken people,' and here's why
FOXNews - Wed 12 Dec 18Long-lost cultures are sometimes known by the goods they leave behind. The Neolithic Corded Ware people of Europe, for example, got their name from the distinctive decorated pottery they made. ...
Future Humans May Call Us the 'Chicken People,' and Here's Why, Livescience - Wed 12 Dec 18Age of the chicken: Anthropocene fossil record will be dominated by bones of factory farmed hens
Daily Mail - Wed 12 Dec 18With 22 billion of them alive on the planet right now, geologists from the University of Leicester say that the remains of the humble chicken will be the most major fossil of our age (stock ...
Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene
ScienceDaily - Wed 12 Dec 18New research shows the age of man -- the Anthropocene -- will be defined by the chicken.
Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene, Eurekalert - Wed 12 Dec 18