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Preliminary Observations on the Behavior ofFeral Chickens (Jungle Fowl) on the Island of Kauai Reflections on Domestication as Complexity

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  • Niccolo Caldararo

    (Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University, California)

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Two study sessions of fieldwork on the Hawaiian island of Kauai were undertaken in 2012 and 2014 on the behavior of the feral chickens on the island. The inquiry was directed to understand the nature of social organization given the animals had no natural predators and were largely ignored by the present population. These observations were compared with those of reported captive Jungle Fowl studies and domesticated fowl. Comparisons with other vertebrate populations with out natural predators are considered. Implications for the self-domestication of Homo sapiens are discussed.

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  • Niccolo Caldararo, 2017. "Preliminary Observations on the Behavior ofFeral Chickens (Jungle Fowl) on the Island of Kauai Reflections on Domestication as Complexity," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 4(4), pages 107-111, - Septemb.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijesnr:v:4:y:2017:i:4:p:107-111
    DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2017.04.555642
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