The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity

It’s the bird that’s enabled human civilization, Andrew Lawler argues in his new book, ‘Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?’ Is it also the key to saving a crowded planet?

William O’Connor 

Former Travel Editor

Published Dec. 27 2014 5:45AM EST 

William O’Connor

Former Travel Editor

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