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Pigeons in New York City

Humans and pigeons have a long history. One Franklin alumna has proved it's longer than we thought.

While it's unclear exactly when humans domesticated pigeons, it's likely 1,000 years earlier than we thought, thanks to new research from Franklin alumna Anderson Carter (BA Anthropology '21).  Humans and rock doves (also known as common pigeons) have existed in the same spaces for millennia, but the time period when the bird's role went from nearby scavenger to feathered friend is unknown. Previously, the earliest direct evidence for…
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