A academy of tuna in the open ocean. Adobe Stock.
From a humble mayonnaise-laden sandwich to an costly part of sashimi, tuna is a prized origin of food for group about the world. Once an inexpensive, effortlessly shipped canned macromolecule source, today's bluefin tunas can fetch millions of dollars at auction. Millions of lots of tuna are harvested all year, supporting a earth industry value about US$40 milliard annually. But tunas are additional than fair the pink tissue established in cans and sushi, and humanity's narrative alongside these seafood goes rear additional than you power expect. As a biologist and an archaeologist curious in long-term human-environment interactions, we wanted to examine the profound document of people's association alongside tunas. We drew on the ability of 18 foremost researchers worldwide and studied a assortment of sources, from the skeletal remains of tunas in archaeological sites to ancient rock art, paintings on frescos and vases, written historic records and ethnographic accounts from…
Emma Elliott Smith is a Research Associate in Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and at the University of New Mexico.
Torben Rick is Curator of North American Archaeology at the Smithsonian Institution.
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