@rrungjagaddd @breadunderscore According to this paper abstract, chicken was introduced into the Middle East around late second or first millennium BC as replacement for pig. https://t.co/cqxpB0IMjw.
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@Kajel96536401 I don't think there's really good evidence for it, for example pigs were commonly consumed in the Middle East for thousands of years, only really declining much when chickens were introduced since chicken's require less water and produce egg
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@Noahpinion A 2015 archaeology paper hypothesized that the decline of pork consumption in the Middle East was caused in part by the rise of chicken husbandry. Chickens and pigs compete for food, but chicken is a more efficient protein source. And they lay