The modern chicken is believed to have been domesticated in Southeast Asia, particularly the Indus Valley, as early as 3200 BC and is believed to be the epicenter of chicken domestication . Another possibility due to recent evidence from excavations in China has raised doubts regarding exclusive domestication in the Indus Valley. Finding the exact area where the chicken was domesticated is a difficult task due to an inconclusive method and lack of DNA. Michael Zody, a computational biologist who studies genetics at Harvard's Broad Institute and MIT, said: "Because wild and domestic birds have mixed over time, it makes it really difficult to pinpoint." The modern chicken is known to descend from the red jungle fowl, gray jungle fowl, lafayetti fowl, and green jungle fowl. Supporting evidence is that the chicken inherited the yellow skin from the gray jungle fowl. It also shares similar traits of the red jungle fowl wattles and combs, spurs on the legs for self-defense and the chicken and red jungle fowl share similar vocalizations The domesticated chicken had enormous cultural significance in the ancient world and several civilizations considered it a sacred animal and still see it because of their aggression, chickens were originally bred for cockfighting rather than for food. In the 1st century AD cockfighting was how the ancient Greeks of Pergamon taught future soldiers valor. The modern chicken is very different from the first chicken, the nutritional intake of the first chickens was mild, compared to today's chicken. Even today chickens are seen throughout the world as nourishment and fertility, in ancient Egypt chicken eggs were hung in the temple to ensure generosity...... middle of paper....... “Chickens they were great browsers, but ours can't do that. All they want to do is eat.” (Balducci) In Mali (a place where the chicken is still sacred) Western aid workers tried to replace the native chicken, which was very similar to the ancient chicken, with the red chicken of Rhode Island. The villagers use the chicken as a fortune teller, the villagers cut the chicken's throat and wait to see if the chicken falls left or right with one side favorable and the other not and falling forward means nothing. However, since Westerners brought the Rhode Island Red, the villagers began to use them, and because of the bird's large chest, it always fell forward, which meant nothing but dinner. The chicken was revered in many parts of the ancient world for its aggressiveness, and considered a controller of destiny by the Romans, today, although they are seen, they are only seen as a meal.