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Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Baffling Bone Artifacts Discovered by an Amateur Archaeologist May Be the World’s Oldest Whale Harpoons

After revisiting items from a Brazilian museum, researchers think humans may have been hunting whales 5,000 years ago, a ...
Maui Now

Rare discovery: Nearly intact whale placenta retrieved by Pacific Whale Foundation

Pacific Whale Foundation reports it has successfully retrieved a rare, nearly intact whale placenta—the most complete specimen it has ever had the opportunity to study. This is the second full ...

5,000-year-old whale harpoons found in Brazil could rewrite history of ancient whaling

This discovery sheds new light on understanding the lives and hunting practices of ancient people who lived along the coasts ...

Alaska's 'Mammoth Discovery' Debunked: Ancient Whale Bones Misidentified for Decades

Bones thought to be world's youngest mammoths for 70 years turn out to be whales. DNA reveals shocking truth about Alaska ...
Newsday

A cool discovery about long-lived bowhead whales

I think we all can agree that whales are cool. I happen to think that every living species has some element of cool about it, but the coolness of whales is pretty self-evident. Even given that general ...