Farmers brought fish up the mountains of Europe as early as the 7th century, ancient DNA reveals

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Apr 8, 2025, 1:21 pm202 ptsTop
Ancient DNA extracted from a sediment core from a high-altitude Pyrenean lake in Spain reveals that fish may have been added to the lake by humans as early as the 7th century CE. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that fish were present in Lake Redon much earlier than previously suggested…

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Farmers brought fish up the mountains of Europe as early as the 7th century, ancient DNA reveals

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