As Americans get ready to carve Thanksgiving turkeys, ponder this question: When was this famous fowl first tamed? “We were not surprised to find offerings per se, but we were surprised to find an offering of a cluster of turkey eggs,” said Dr. Feinman. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThey found four offerings and a grave that had turkey eggs and bones. Photo“It’s the earliest solid evidence of domesticated turkey in southern Mexico that we have to date,” Dr. Feinman said. More Reporting on ArchaeologyThe findings are the earliest evidence of tamed turkeys in southern Mexico, moving back the oldest known signs that turkeys were being raised by people.

Source: New York Times November 23, 2016 21:07 UTC