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Why the Earliest Alaskans Didn’t Eat Fish for 1,000 Years
Haaretz ^ | June 3, 2023 | Ruth Schuster

Posted on 06/10/2023 9:52:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 06/10/2023 9:52:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
I had hoped that this would have an interesting hook.
/rimshot

2 posted on 06/10/2023 9:53:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Lack of fat?


3 posted on 06/10/2023 9:53:42 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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Lack of material to build boats?


4 posted on 06/10/2023 9:58:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Cold-water fish (salmon, cod, herring, trout) often has lots of fat.


5 posted on 06/10/2023 9:59:43 AM PDT by dangus ( )
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You mean we’re instinctively meat eaters? Who knew...


6 posted on 06/10/2023 10:03:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

We’re not looking in the right place?


7 posted on 06/10/2023 10:04:19 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: SunkenCiv

I would not eat fish for a thousand years either. It would get boring after the first few years.


8 posted on 06/10/2023 10:05:14 AM PDT by adorno
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To: SunkenCiv

This is a highly unlikely claim if ever I heard one.


9 posted on 06/10/2023 10:05:34 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: SunkenCiv

They watch ‘Airplane’ one to many times


10 posted on 06/10/2023 10:07:14 AM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: SunkenCiv
Maybe they just didn’t like fish?

The most likely explanation is that the researchers are wrong. These ancient people ate and liked fish.

11 posted on 06/10/2023 10:10:33 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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RE: Alaskans Didn’t Eat Fish for 1,000 Years

Why?

Long John Silver’s hadn’t set up outlets yet.


12 posted on 06/10/2023 10:11:50 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: SunkenCiv

Surrounded by fish and not a bite to eat?


13 posted on 06/10/2023 10:15:49 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Could the absence of fish be due to differential preservation: big animal bones preserved; frail fishbones not? Maybe it was an artifact of the study method? Did they really not eat fish for a thousand years or more – and if so, why did they then change habit? Maybe they just didn’t like fish?

No frying pans for those 1,000 years.

14 posted on 06/10/2023 10:21:04 AM PDT by null and void (I’m starting to get the feeling that everything will kill covid except the vax.)
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To: SunkenCiv

One part of the article explains the key reasons - a. what was abundently available and b. how much meat protein can be obtained for X amount of effort, which makes obtaining one multi-hundred pound herbivore more human fuel efficient than the effort to obtain an equalivalent amount of protein from a whole lot of fish.


15 posted on 06/10/2023 10:27:46 AM PDT by Wuli
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Took them that long to get over the stench.


16 posted on 06/10/2023 10:33:56 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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17 posted on 06/10/2023 10:34:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: adorno

LOL


18 posted on 06/10/2023 10:35:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: null and void

“No frying pans for those 1,000 years.”

No tartar sauce or French fries.


19 posted on 06/10/2023 10:36:06 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SunkenCiv

All their kids threw a hissy fit one day, and nobody managed to put a firm grip on them. A thousand years later, the government made fish consumption mandatory on all flights in and out of Alaska and they relented


20 posted on 06/10/2023 10:57:23 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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