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Humans have fished tuna for 44,000 years, research finds
Original: Hooked on tuna: People have been harvesting these ocean predators for 44,000 years
New research indicates people have been catching tuna for at least 44,000 years, pushing back the known timeline of open-ocean fishing by tens of thousands of years. The findings, reported by Phys.org and The Conversation, suggest early humans developed sophisticated maritime skills far earlier than previously believed, deliberately targeting fast, powerful pelagic predators rather than only coastal shellfish and easy catch.
Why now: Freshly published archaeological findings dramatically extend the known history of human tuna fishing, attracting wide science media coverage.
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- Hooked on tuna: People have been harvesting these ocean predators for 44,000 years · Phys.org
- Hooked on tuna: People have been harvesting these ocean predators for 44,000 years · The Conversation
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