See the secret to the survival of the ancient Siberians during the Ice Age

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See the secret to the survival of the ancient Siberians during the Ice Age

 

 

 

 

 

Ancient Siberian hunters survived the Ice Age thanks to heat-resistant vessels that used to cook fish and marrow, UPI reported.

An international scientific team analyzes fats separated from some of the oldest pieces of ceramic vessels in the world - 12,000 to 16,000 years old, found at various sites in Russia.

The results show that hunters living in Siberia as early as 16,000 years ago used heat-resistant ceramics. With it, they could benefit more from their food.

"It is interesting that ceramics appeared during these very cold periods, not during the relatively warm intermediate periods, when there was more game and nuts," said Professor Oliver Craig of York University.

According to the lipids found in some of the pieces found along the Amur River, early Siberians used vessels to cook fish, most likely migrating salmon. Studies have shown similar biochemical traces of ceramic fragments in nearby Japanese islands.

According to the study, heat-resistant ceramics are not from a single source. The technology has been developed independently from different groups - a parallel process of innovation.

The fact that the technology was developed at the same time shows that ceramic vessels have played an important role in the survival of humans in the harsh environment.

Not all ancient hunters cooked fish. The lipids in the fragments indicate that some have extracted fat and brain from bones, tendons and ruminant meat.

The glacial maximum during the last Ice Age was 26,000 to 20,000 years ago.

About 19,000 years ago, temperatures began to rise and ice to melt. This has made inhabitable inhabitable areas in Siberia until then.