Clinging on

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Archaeologists are analysing the chemical structure of limpets shells found in rubbish heaps called ‘middens’. Once eaten in huge quantities, limpets can tell us more about the communities who lived on the Scottish islands some 6,000 years ago. Around this time, Northern Europeans were moving from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to more settled farming.

Published 2015-08-19 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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