Where does chicken come from?
The chicken’s closest wild ancestor is the Red Junglefowl, a bird that lives in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The domesticated chicken’s scientific name, Gallus gallus domesticus, shows how close the birds are in linage — the Red Junglefowl’s name is simply Gallus gallus. Domestication of the chicken dates back to at least 2000 B. … Read more