Chicken is the most numerous among the domesticated livestock species. Across cultures,
religions, and societies, chicken is widely accepted with little or no taboo compared to other …

The human colonization of the Pacific is an enduring problem in historical anthropology.
Recent advances in archaeology, historical linguistics, and bioanthropology have coalesced …

Chickens represent by far the most important poultry species, yet the number, locations, and
timings of their domestication have remained controversial for more than a century. Here we …

People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins
over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial civilizations, beginning about 5,000 years …

Background Since domestication, chickens did not only disperse into the different parts of
the world but they have also undergone significant genomic changes in this process. Many …

Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) is one of the most isolated inhabited places in the
world. It has captured the imagination of many owing to its archaeological record, which …

The human colonization of Remote Oceania remains one of the great feats of exploration in
history, proceeding east from Asia across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Human …

Data from morphology, linguistics, history, and archaeology have all been used to trace the
dispersal of chickens from Asian domestication centers to their current global distribution …

The Pacific region provides unique opportunities to study human evolution including through
analyses of ancient DNA. While some of the earliest studies involving ancient DNA from …

Summary Background Rapa Nui (Easter Island), located in the easternmost corner of the
Polynesian Triangle, is one of the most isolated locations on the planet inhabited by …