#3 Is Big Chicken a Symbol of the Anthropocene?

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English - December 14, 2018 20:35 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB
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Is the broiler chicken an icon of the anthropocene--an era when humans are are radically altering the biology and geology of the planet? A new paper out of the UK says so and we take a look at the authors' argument.

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Links:

How chickens became the ultimate symbol of the Anthropocene
https://theconversation.com/how-chickens-became-the-ultimate-symbol-of-the-anthropocene-108559

The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.180325

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