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7 results for "chicken"

F_1_26 Credible Lost Connections

F_1_26 — Pre-Columbian Chicken DNA & Trans-Pacific Contact

The question of whether chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) were present in South America before the arrival of Europeans in 1492 is a seemingly mundane zoological problem with profound implications for the history of pr

chicken Gallus gallus pre-Columbian Polynesian South America Araucana
F_1_14 Credible Lost Connections

F_1_14 — Pre-Columbian Chicken Debate: Polynesian–South American Evidence

The pre-Columbian chicken debate centers on whether domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) — an Old World species originally domesticated in Southeast Asia — reached South America before European contact (1492+), v

pre-Columbian chicken Gallus gallus Polynesia South America El Arenal
B_4_10 Verified Beings & Entities

B_4_10 — Hag, Baba Yaga, and Crone Archetypes

The Crone — an aged, powerful, often terrifying supernatural woman who serves as gatekeeper between worlds, tester of heroes, devourer of the unworthy, and keeper of hidden wisdom — is among the most ancient and widespre

hag Baba Yaga crone wise woman old woman witch
F_1_01 Verified Lost Connections

F_1_01 — Trans-Oceanic Contact

Mainstream history asserts that the Americas were isolated from the Old World from ~11,000 BCE until Columbus (1492 CE), with the exception of brief Norse contact (~1000 CE). However, chemical evidence (cocaine and nicot

trans-oceanic Balabanova cocaine nicotine mummies Polynesian
F_1_06 Verified Lost Connections

F_1_06 — Polynesian Contact with South America — Sweet Potato and Beyond

The question of pre-Columbian contact between Polynesia and South America has moved from fringe speculation to mainstream acceptance, driven by converging lines of evidence from botany, linguistics, genetics, and archaeo

Polynesian South America sweet potato kumara Kon-Tiki Heyerdahl
F_1_08 Verified Lost Connections

F_1_08 — Trans-Pacific Contact — Pre-Columbian Connections

The Pacific Ocean — covering over 165 million km² — was long assumed to be an impenetrable barrier to pre-Columbian cultural exchange between Asia/Oceania and the Americas. However, a growing body of botanical, genetic,

trans-Pacific contact sweet potato kumara Polynesian-South American contact chicken bone DNA Valdivia-Jomon pottery
F_1_11 Credible Lost Connections

F_1_11 — Sweet Potato Paradox — Pre-Columbian Trans-Pacific Contact Evidence

The sweet potato paradox — the presence of Ipomoea batatas (a plant of unambiguous South American origin) across Polynesia in pre-Columbian contexts — is the single most widely accepted piece of evidence for trans-Pacifi

sweet potato Ipomoea batatas pre-Columbian trans-Pacific Polynesia South America