Ancient humans ate copious quantities of oysters – shucking billions of shells over thousands of years in a way that did not appear to cause oyster populations to collapse as they have in many places today
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This 'wandering meatloaf' chiton has a rare mineral in its teethNew research, based on an analysis of dozens of archaeological sites in the United States and Australia, suggested that oysters were sustainably farmed on a massive scale by Indigenous groups. The mollusks were an abundant source of food despite being harvested intensively.
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