Ancients in the Sahara feasted on fish

[Eldorado]

"The Sahara desert was once home to several species of fish, including tilapia and catfish, which were hunted by animals and humans alike. The fossil record shows that the fish populations dwindled as a changing climate dried up the lakes and swamps they inhabited, which may have forced the people and animals who relied on them to change their diets.

"Between 2003 and 2006, Savino di Lernia at Sapienza University of Rome and his colleagues analysed fossils from a rock shelter called Takarkori in south-western Libya. Until about 5500 years ago, the 140-square-metre cave was close to a large pond, making it ideal for ancient human occupation."

Full article at New Scientist:  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234637-ancient-humans-in-the-sahara-ate-fish-before-the-lakes-dried-up/#ixzz6EUpXC400

"Aquatic fauna from the Takarkori rock shelter reveals the Holocene central Saharan climate and palaeohydrography"

Research Paper at PLOS: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228588

[lightly]

Thanks El,  it's a familiar story on the earth.   I'm camped overlooking an ancient dry lake bed right now....this desert continues to get drier too,  as the mountains to the west continue to rise.