Is this only trait only in wild turkeys or do domesticated turkeys also have the ability to reproduce asexually? If so it seems like a useful trait for a domesticated animal.

I think it’s one of those books that people like more when it’s not forced on them. If the book was assigned to you in high school the message may have been lost on you as you weren’t at that point in your life yet, or you were and like Holden you were running away from confronting it. Without that core bit of information Holden comes across as a pretty non-sympathetic protagonist; which is why I think a lot of people hated him. For the entirety of the story Holden is reaching out to characters just to listen to him and if you aren’t in the mood to listen to him you’re going to get fed up with the book.

He’s also just arguing something really stupid and reductive. Archeologists aren’t the only people examine the past. If there was an ancient super civilization geologists would be finding a layer of heavy metals and manufacturing byproducts from that civilization’s manufacturing. Astrophysicists would be picking up echoes of their radio chatter. Geneticists would be finding widespread anomalies in the human genome.

The ancient aliens “theory” hinges on the idea that ancient aliens were really good at cleaning up their tracks… but still left the pyramids and Olmec heads heads around? That doesn’t make any sense. That’s like discovering the Las Vegas but none the litter or ecological damage to the Colorado river.

My point is history isn’t a monolith. There are tons of different scientific and academic fields that contribute and not one of them has found anything of note. The real conspiracy is this dude’s publicist. Despite his nonsense I’ve been hearing about him forever.