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Re:Holy mackerel: Civilisation begins with fishing by telesilla on Thursday November 23, 2017 @02:13PM (#15767198)
I always had a pet theory that Omega-3 kick-started the development of the human brain. Not sure if the science agrees completely but it does suggest a correlation.
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Re:Holy mackerel: Civilisation begins with fishing by chewz on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:33PM (#15767626)
Aquatic ape hypothesis [^1] is quite convincing.

I have learned about it at freediving course as it explains our natural capabilities of apnea.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis

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