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Why we have monks to thank for eating chicken

A new study suggests medieval Benedictine Monks aided the evolution of the modern chicken because of their dietary rules discouraging the consumption of four-legged animals. Edward Stourton talks to the author, Anders Erikson and Dr Andrew Jotiscky, from the University of London.

First broadcast on Sunday, 7 May 2017.

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