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We kill 60 billion chickens a year, and their bones get preserved by landfill

When humans are wiped from Earth, the chicken bones will remain

12 December 2018

When humans have vanished from Earth, one of the most enduring marks of our impact will be the sudden appearance of copious chicken bones in the fossil record

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When humans are wiped from Earth, the chicken bones will remain

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