Comments on: We’re Not Finished With Nob Nob Mountain http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/11/03/were-not-finished-with-nob-nob-mountain/ A Daily Journal of a Permanent Resident of Paradise Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:39:07 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Steve Goodheart http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2009/11/03/were-not-finished-with-nob-nob-mountain/comment-page-1/#comment-2596 Steve Goodheart Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:36:28 +0000 http://www.messersmith.name/wordpress/?p=6079#comment-2596 Those African Tulips are amazing...a tulip that's grows 20 to 30 meters tall? Whoa, dont' tell the Dutch! Your mention of the Wild Red Junglefowl reminded me of research I did on chickens -- yes, I actually did an "extreme science" on chickens! It was on some wild-looking hybrids, to explain basic heredity -- and was amazed to discover that chickens were domesticated in Vietnam over 10,000 years ago, even earlier than in India, where most people say domesticated chickens began. Also, enjoyed "Today’s Invertebrates" post a lot. Those African Tulips are amazing…a tulip that’s grows 20 to 30 meters tall? Whoa, dont’ tell the Dutch!

Your mention of the Wild Red Junglefowl reminded me of research I did on chickens — yes, I actually did an “extreme science” on chickens! It was on some wild-looking hybrids, to explain basic heredity — and was amazed to discover that chickens were domesticated in Vietnam over 10,000 years ago, even earlier than in India, where most people say domesticated chickens began.

Also, enjoyed “Today’s Invertebrates” post a lot.

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