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Friend or foul? Exploring the ancient bond between pigeons and people
- bell-cot 5mo ago> Examination of pigeon bones from Late Bronze Age Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus indicates they were already semi-domesticated as early as c. 1400 BCE, pushing back direct evidence for pigeon domestication almost 1,000 years and challenging perceptions of the birds as opportunistic urban pests. I'll accept the "direct evidence" part - but whose "perceptions", from what sources? Anyone who has read the Old Testament understands that domesticated pigeons were common long before 400 BCE. (How long? There are many schools of thought - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_of_the_Torah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_of_the_Torah )