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Study: Eating fish vital to human evolution
(Source: SeafoodSource )
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science found that seafood played an important role in human brain evolution.
Researchers’ discovery of early stone tools and animal remains in northern Kenya show that almost 2 million years ago humans began eating food such as crocodiles, turtles and fish, which may have been the catalyst for brain development and humanity’s first steps out of Africa.
“This site in Africa is the first evidence that early humans were eating an extremely broad diet,” said Dr. Andy Herries from the University of New South Wales in Australia. “This find is important because fish in particular has been associated with brain development, and it is after this period that we see smaller-brained hominin species evolving into larger-brained Homo species — Homo erectus — the first hominin to leave Africa.”
Herries dated the archeological remains using palaeomagnetism, a technique that identifies the fossilized direction of the Earth’s magnetic field in sediments.
The project was a collaborative effort with the National Museums of Kenya and was led by David Braun of the University of Cape Town in South Africa and Jack Harris of Rutgers University.
Grimsby hosts Humber Seafood Summit
(Source: BBC News)
Fishing industry experts from around the world are meeting in Grimsby for the first Humber Seafood Summit. The event will highlight the issue of how the fishing and seafood industries can responsibly manage fish stocks.
It is being hosted by the Humber Seafood Institute, set up two years ago as a research centre for the industry.
Ian Kelly, of Hull Chamber of Commerce, said: "It will bring many experts from around the world to one of the world capitals of seafood production."
"To have the world come to us to talk about the issues facing the seafood sector and promote Grimsby and Hull is a very good thing," Mr Kelly said.
The summit is supported by seafood group Youngs.
The firm's managing director Mark Escolme said: "This is a great opportunity to get together all of the industry leaders, scientists, fishermen, fish farmers and retailers and producers.
"We'll be talking about the industry both in terms of long-term sustainability and also how to market it better to get more consumers to eat fish.
"This is a very important region, in particular Grimsby, where 70% of all the fish processed in the UK comes from."