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Spears were used for hunting and fishing
In 1995 archaeologists found three wooden spears in a cave... -
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Dogs Begin To Travel Alongside Humans
Oldest known domesticated dog skulls show they existed in both... -
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Earliest evidence of advanced deep sea fishing technology
Archaeologists discovered over 38,000 fish bones, in the Jerimalai cave... -
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Oldest Fishing Net Sinkers found in South Korea
Scientists found limestone sinkers in South Korea. It is believed... -
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Invention of the fish hook
Starting in 23,000 BCE the fish hook appears. At first,... -
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Nomadic hunter to settled farmer
A gradual change in human living from nomadic hunter to... - 19000
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Earliest date for the domestication of the pig
15,000–14,700 years ago (13,000 BC to 12,700 BC): Earliest supposed... -
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Earliest depiction of whaling
People from Japan are considered among the first to practice... -
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Domestication of Sheep
It is believed that the first animals domesticated for use... -
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Domestication of cattle
10,500 years ago (8,500 BC): Earliest supposed date for the... -
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Domestication of Goats
Goat domestication, (specifically used as a milk source) is estimated... -
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Earliest date for the domestication of the cat
9,500 years ago (7500 BC): Çatalhöyük urban settlement founded in... -
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First fish fermentation
9,000 years ago: large first fish fermentation in southern Sweden. -
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First Blue Revolution
This first Blue Revolution was initiated during the Early Holocene,... -
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Shellfish Stewardship
Shellfish Stewardship: Studies from the mid-Holocene (around 7,600 years ago)... -
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First farming settlements on Malta
7,200–6,000 years ago: 5200–4000 BC:Għar Dalam phase on Malta. First... -
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Domestication of the chicken
Civilizations develop in the Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent region (around the location... -
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Horses were employed to draw chariots
By 2,000 B.C. horses were being employed to draw chariots... -
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Houses and Barns Carried Away by Flood – 1666
In 1666, Jeremias van Rensselaer writes that “fully forty houses... -
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Flood Almost Destroys West India Company’s Garden
“In 1654 flooding all but destroyed the West India Company’s... -
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Exceptionally High Water in Hudson in 1647
“Two whales that ascended the river and were stranded during... -
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Heat Wave of 1637
John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts, described a lethal...