GoKawiilResearch traces human tuna fishing back 44,000 years
A team of researchers, including Smithsonian scientists Emma Elliott Smith and Torben Rick, compiled evidence from archaeological fish remains, rock art, frescoes, vases and historical and ethnographic records to document humanity's long relationship with tuna. Drawing on input from 18 researchers worldwide, the study finds evidence of people harvesting tuna dating back 44,000 years, far earlier than the fish's modern status as a billion-dollar commodity.