<P> In 2012 , a study was published that examined mitochondrial DNA recovered from ancient bones from Europe , Thailand , the Pacific and Chile , and from Spanish colonial sites in Florida and the Dominican Republic , in directly dated samples originating in Europe at 1,000 B.P. and in the Pacific at 3,000 B.P. The study showed that chickens were most likely domesticated from wild red junglefowl , though some have suggested possible genetic contributions from other junglefowl species . Domestication occurred at least 7,400 years ago from a common ancestor flock in the bird 's natural range , then proceeded in waves both east and west . The paper also states that the earliest undisputed domestic chicken remains are bones associated with a date of approximately 5,400 BC from the Chishan site , in the Hebei province of China . In the Ganges region of India , red junglefowl were being used by humans as early as 7,000 years ago . No domestic chicken remains older than 4,000 years have been identified in the Indus Valley , and the antiquity of chickens recovered from excavations at Mohenjodaro is still debated . </P>
<P> In 2012 , a study was published that examined mitochondrial DNA recovered from ancient bones from Europe , Thailand , the Pacific and Chile , and from Spanish colonial sites in Florida and the Dominican Republic , in directly dated samples originating in Europe at 1,000 B.P. and in the Pacific at 3,000 B.P. The study showed that chickens were most likely domesticated from wild red junglefowl , though some have suggested possible genetic contributions from other junglefowl species . Domestication occurred at least 7,400 years ago from a common ancestor flock in the bird 's natural range , then proceeded in waves both east and west . The paper also states that the earliest undisputed domestic chicken remains are bones associated with a date of approximately 5,400 BC from the Chishan site , in the Hebei province of China . In the Ganges region of India , red junglefowl were being used by humans as early as 7,000 years ago . No domestic chicken remains older than 4,000 years have been identified in the Indus Valley , and the antiquity of chickens recovered from excavations at Mohenjodaro is still debated . </P>
where did the red jungle fowl come from
where did the red jungle fowl come from
in the Hebei province of China
in the Hebei province of China