Jeff asks:

>Do wild chickens still exist?  Are chickens a species which was
>developed by domestication and breeding, or did chickens per se
>already exist before humans started domesticating them?

Please see:

   http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/j1/junglefo.asp

 
>Can anyone provide a link to images of what the immediate
>precursor of the chicken looked like or may have looked like?

Please see:

   http://www.kimani.com.au/rare_poultry_breeds.html

Wirt Atmar
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