Inhabitants of New Guinea apparently raised cassowaries …
Years: 18189BCE - 16462BCE
Inhabitants of New Guinea apparently raised cassowaries to near maturity by around 18,000 BCE— potentially the earliest known example of humans managing avian breeding.
Large, irritable, and razor-footed, the southern cassowary, while shy and secretive in the forests of its native New Guinea and Northern Australia, can be aggressive in captivity: it is today is often called the world’s most dangerous bird.
