Scientists Find Evidence of 1,000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation in the American Southwest

Macaw bones dated to between 900 and 1200 CE suggest the birds were captured and bred perhaps hundreds of years earlier than previously thought.

from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/08/scientists-find-evidence-of-1000-year-old-parrot-breeding-operation-in-the-american-southwest/