The group's discussions reflect strong agreement and high interest through references to scientific research, such as noting that chickens now surpass all wild birds in biomass, and debate whether this makes them a key marker for the Anthropocene. The tone varies from scientific analysis to cautionary remarks, showing deep engagement with the implications of chickens' massive environmental footprint.
AgreementStrong agreement
Most discussions acknowledge the article's findings about chickens' disproportionate biomass and environmental impact, supporting the idea that broilers are key indicators of human-altered biospheres.
InterestHigh interest
Posts show high curiosity, referencing specific scientific studies and highlighting the significance of chickens as markers for the Anthropocene period.
EngagementHigh engagement
Many comments delve into detailed discussions about breeding, ecological implications, and fossil records, demonstrating deep engagement and reflection.
ImpactHigh impact
Numerous users emphasize the profound environmental and geological impact of chicken farming, considering it a groundbreaking observation that will shape future understanding of human influence.
Abstract in brief
Changing how we farm and eat food has really changed Earth's environment.
Scientists found that domestic chickens, especially broiler chickens, have become much bigger over time because of humans breeding and raising them differently.
Today, there are so many broiler chickens that their total weight is more than all other birds combined, showing how humans have dramatically altered nature.
Feb 13, 2025 · 78 likes · 32 shares · 20,584 followersView post →
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Jan Dutkiewicz
@jan_dutkiewicz · X
@Leigh_Phillips The human race's biggest contribution to the geological record will be precisely those chicken bones. That's the magnitude of impact I'm referring to. https://t.co/vt56kcd2st
Did you miss our @ChickenJClub session from @AnimalBones [@uniofleicester] on "Making chickens, breaking chickens: archaeological evidence for directed #breeding in #chickens"? The session is now live on our YouTube channel:https://t.co/fVe3lyOkf5 #zooarchaeology #domestication https://t.co/7J2tXFBKxe
@amadorj23 The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
Chickens have significantly influenced Earth's history and dominate our world today. With around 33 billion chickens worldwide, they surpass other bird species and reflect human-driven environmental changes. Their…
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تتم تربية الدجاج بشكل انتقائي إما لزيادة الوزن (دجاج التسمين) أو لإنتاج البيض (دجاج البياض) بسرعة كبيرة. يصل دجاج التسمين إلى وزن الذبح في غضون 6 أسابيع فقط. ينتج دجاج البياض ما يقرب من بيضة واحدة يوميًا لمدة عام أو عامين تقريبًا، قبل ذبحه.
https://t.co/2S2caslIqC
@twiztid3091 @elixireo The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
@Chairnations @dan_fuzz The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
@realScottMcAlba @GeorgeBeech @ProfPaulVegan The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
Apr 26, 2024 · 1 like · 5,780 followersView post →
@realScottMcAlba The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
@JSB_322 @foxcurrants @the1researcher1 @Alexzia777 The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
The epoch before the Paleocene is called the Upper Cretaceous. No ‘-cene’ to be seen!
Thus “Anthropocene” would not mean “epoch of the human”, but that the most recent fossils (including, eg, technofossils and chicken bones) are anthropic in origin. https://t.co/RQ35hBvN2s
Mar 13, 2024 · 1 like · 15,495 followersView post →
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Injustice Everywhere
@infinity_apples · X
RT @ShortnBluntTho: @the1researcher1 @thevegdoc @normalishvegan @DHidlayVIR @NutritionNetwrk The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher tha…
Feb 27, 2024 · 2 shares · 616 followersView post →
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@normalishvegan · X
RT @ShortnBluntTho: @the1researcher1 @thevegdoc @normalishvegan @DHidlayVIR @NutritionNetwrk The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher tha…
Feb 27, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,695 followersView post →
@the1researcher1 @thevegdoc @normalishvegan @DHidlayVIR @NutritionNetwrk The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKIWD
Feb 27, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 5,780 followersView post →
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Boyce Upholt
@BoyceUpholt · X
This side-by-side comparison of wild jungle fowlers and modern chickens is just staggering
https://t.co/kBcGvBNnoJ https://t.co/sKqESsFMN9
Oct 12, 2023 · 3 likes · 1,754 followersView post →
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Erick de la Barrera
@erickdlbm · X
@BecerrilJavy Acá el artículo del polloceno...
https://t.co/jNN92trYO5
@Leigh_Phillips The human race's biggest contribution to the geological record will be precisely those chicken bones. That's the magnitude of impact I'm referring to. https://t.co/vt56kcd2st
@veganismurder @CarnivoreSapien Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
@theyondan @SamaHoole The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
@amadorj23 The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
Referencias: Royal Society Open Science
https://t.co/jnOkrlYJ1X
#DíaMundialDeLaVidaSilvestre #Veganismo #Govegan #Vegan #Antiespecismo #Animales #Activismo #Especismo #animalessilvestres
@CarnivoreSapien The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKIWD
Nov 16, 2022 · 2 likes · 5,780 followersView post →
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Graham
@Son_of_Space · X
RT @ShortnBluntTho: @abbjanes @SwaledaleMutton The impact is exacerbated by breeding billions of additional mouths to feed. The biomass of…
Nov 13, 2022 · 4 shares · 6,520 followersView post →
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The_Cats_from_Ulthar
@catsfromulthar · X
RT @ShortnBluntTho: @abbjanes @SwaledaleMutton The impact is exacerbated by breeding billions of additional mouths to feed. The biomass of…
Nov 12, 2022 · 4 shares · 11,425 followersView post →
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Veganella
@Veganella_ · X
RT @ShortnBluntTho: @abbjanes @SwaledaleMutton The impact is exacerbated by breeding billions of additional mouths to feed. The biomass of…
Nov 12, 2022 · 4 shares · 58,480 followersView post →
@abbjanes @SwaledaleMutton The impact is exacerbated by breeding billions of additional mouths to feed. The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total.
https://t.co/ddStwmKIWD
Nov 12, 2022 · 7 likes · 4 shares · 5,780 followersView post →
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Un geólogo en apuros
@geologoenapuros · X
@batidivulga @ICS2022 @LuisCollantesR Está claro que todavía queda para su aprobación, por eso hablamos en el programa de que es una propuesta, no de algo existente.
Respecto a lo del pollo, y que aquí mencionamos como una curiosidad más del Antropoceno, hay hasta un artículo: https://t.co/1Ruf2M3bnk
Nov 2, 2022 · 1 like · 68,198 followersView post →
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La Science, CQFD
@ScienceCQFD · X
2018 > Le poulet de chair comme signal d'une biosphère humaine reconfigurée https://t.co/SJbI0NGh9T via @royalsociety #ScienceCQFD https://t.co/WJFffjo3OO
@VitallyMelanie The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKIWD
@CarnivoreSapien The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmszIv
@Beyond_Bitcoin @RickTheV1 The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.
Chickens consume the most feedcrops in the world, 40% of total, and for every 100 calories fed to them, you only get 12 equivalent calories back.
https://t.co/ddStwmKIWD
Una de las marcas más importantes de nuestro paso por la tierra serán los billones de huesos de gallinas.
Si dentro de varios siglos otra civilización analizara el planeta, encontraría sobre todo plástico y huesos de pollo.
https://t.co/cOPay5to65
#Pollo #MedioAmbiente #nutricion
Aug 14, 2022 · 7 likes · 1 share · 1,684 followersView post →
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Mark Osborn Jr
@MarkOsbornJr1 · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 7, 2022 · 34 shares · 491 followersView post →
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Pandem(on)ical Order of Good Cheer
@EmpireinWinter · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 7, 2022 · 34 shares · 1,351 followersView post →
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Climate Watcher
@pmagn · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 7, 2022 · 34 shares · 24,981 followersView post →
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Love Our Mother Ⓥ
@LoveOurMother1 · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 7, 2022 · 34 shares · 3,607 followersView post →
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@LJ_gn8 · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 7, 2022 · 34 shares · 187 followersView post →
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LindieLou
@ljhoganson · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 6, 2022 · 34 shares · 125 followersView post →
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Matthew Milling
@mhmilling · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 6, 2022 · 34 shares · 499 followersView post →
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John Taszarek
@Taz_the_Man · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 6, 2022 · 34 shares · 117 followersView post →
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martin_fff
@martin_fff · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 6, 2022 · 34 shares · 931 followersView post →
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Mike Ong #childFree
@mikeong_ · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 6, 2022 · 34 shares · 304 followersView post →
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David Wallace-Wells
@dwallacewells · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 6, 2022 · 34 shares · 94,589 followersView post →
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Jason Cobill
@JasonCobill · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 6, 2022 · 34 shares · 470 followersView post →
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Tim Hwang
@timhwang · X
RT @jan_dutkiewicz: “… the broiler chicken may be viewed as a key species indicator of the proposed Anthropocene Epoch.”
https://t.co/vt56…
Jun 6, 2022 · 34 shares · 20,364 followersView post →
@bartharris Here’s one specific to chickens.
“The biomass of farmed poultry is 3x higher than the total biomass of *ALL* wild bird species combined.”
https://t.co/ddStwmKb75
What fossil will characterize our age to future paleontologists? Chicken, say these scientists. Broilers make up more biomass than all other birds put together, with 22.B individuals and growing [2018]. https://t.co/cgyDR46AFq
Feb 20, 2022 · 1 like · 1,390 followersView post →
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neural oscillator of uncertain significance
@mycoliza · X
@__femb0t [warning: do not read this if you value your ability to eat chicken without feeling kinda weird] https://t.co/fm5Jtlkm98
I’m living in the age of chicken;)
The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere | Royal Society Open Science https://t.co/JbQDfRSqmn
@ZoePaskett Thanks Zoë - they certainly will play a part of our stratigraphic record, but not all of it. This is worth reading https://t.co/L6DZSzw9vZ for more info on
Did you miss our @ChickenJClub session from @AnimalBones [@uniofleicester] on "Making chickens, breaking chickens: archaeological evidence for directed #breeding in #chickens"? The session is now live on our YouTube channel:https://t.co/fVe3lyOkf5 #zooarchaeology #domestication https://t.co/7J2tXFBKxe
Nov 22, 2020 · 1 like · 7,215 followersView post →
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Elliot Bateman
@h2jeb · X
Really crazy charts. I didn’t know how much has happened since ‘95. Distillers grain fed from #ethanol efficiently recycled. New “chicken” harvesting ~5-7 weeks: The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere | Royal Society Open Science https://t.co/yQwlvkVWaf
Are changes to the broiler chicken since Roman times sufficient to make broilers a marker species for the posited Anthropocene Epoch currently under technical discussion among the scientific community? See https://t.co/S190kGJUuD published 12.12.18 in Royal Society Open Science.
@royalsociety If everyone chose vegetarianism (no overweight chickens) could we feed ourselves, and if so how? How could we ensure the rest of the animal world could eat? Consider: The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere. https://t.co/S190kGJUuD
"Broiler chickens, now unable to survive without human intervention, have a combined mass exceeding that of all other birds on Earth."
https://t.co/SnOvWhWQjX
Bennett Carys E., Thomas Richard, Williams Mark, Zalasiewicz Jan, Edgeworth Matt, Miller Holly, Coles Ben, Foster Alison, Burton Emily J. and Marume Upenyu The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere5R. Soc. open sci.
https://t.co/AtxFAwyRBK https://t.co/AKndJFkqPb
I realize that #365papers was a thing two years ago but I've been wanting to do it and today I decided no time like the present! Today I read an extremely unsettling article that is a bit outside my field:
The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere
"The biomass of humans and their domesticated animals (including livestock) now outweighs that of all wild terrestrial vertebrate. The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured #biosphere." https://t.co/VyIrkp1kKe #biodiversity #technosphere #Anthropocene #birds
"The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere" HT @royalsociety https://t.co/lGMxleS0G6
#anthropocene #chicken #geologictime https://t.co/HcZrbM5klC
'The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere', by Carys E. Bennett, Richard Thomas, et al. https://t.co/iNGyfPrYoV #foodstudies #research #anthropocene #archaeology #farming #industry
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Royal Society Open Science 5:180325, doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180325. Blanchette, Alex. 2015. Herding species: biosecurity, posthuman labor and the as a site of ...
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