First Direct Evidence of Substantial Fish Consumption by Early Modern Humans in China
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 16:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Freshwater fish are an important part of the diet of many peoples around the world, but it has been unclear when fish became an important part of the year-round diet for early humans. A new study by an international team of researchers, including Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, shows it may have happened in China as far back as 40,000 years ago.