Archaeologists uncover 7,000-year-old fish traps that rewrite the story of life before farming in Scandinavia
- AI GeneratedLong before crops were planted or livestock were kept, people living in what is now southern Norway were already making lasting changes to the natural world around them.
- High in the mountains, where lakes lay beyond the reach of naturally migrating fish, communities appear to have carried brown trout into isolated waters and created places where they could reliably catch them.
- New archaeological evidence suggests this practice was already taking place around 7,000 years ago.
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- AI GeneratedLong before crops were planted or livestock were kept, people living in what is now southern Norway were already making lasting changes to the natural world around them.
- High in the mountains, where lakes lay beyond the reach of naturally migrating fish, communities appear to have carried brown trout into isolated waters and created places where they could reliably catch them.
- New archaeological evidence suggests this practice was already taking place around 7,000 years ago.
Sources: Times of India