.Jerry Adler and Andrew Lawler, "How the Chicken Conquered the
World: The epic begins 10,000 years ago in an Asian jungle and
ends today in kitchens all over the world," Smithsonian Magazine
(June 2012) The chickens that saved Western civilization were
discovered, according to legend, by the side of a road in Greece
in the first decade of the fifth century B.C. The Athenian
general Themistocles, on his way to confront the invading
Persian forces, stopped to watch two cocks fighting and summoned
his troops, saying: “Behold, these do not fight for their
household gods, for the monuments of their ancestors, for glory,
for liberty or the safety of their children, but only because
one will not give way to the other.”>>> "Modern dogs have
'little in common' with ancient breeds," BBC, May 21, 2012 The
cross-breeding of dogs has made it difficult to trace the
genetic roots of today's pets, according to a new study.
Scientists from Durham and Aberdeen analysed data from the
genetic make-up of modern dogs while assessi