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New research suggests Viking-age hunters took down the biggest animal on Earth

New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial whaling technology.

Article content Scientists have extracted proteins from ancient frozen feces in Alaska and, in this case at least, those proteins reveal that Yup’ik sled dogs at an ancient settlement by the Bering Sea ate the muscle, bones, intestines and roe from a range of salmon species, says UBC anthropologist Camilla Speller. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Frozen feces a poop scoop, reveals diet of Arctic sled dogs three centuries ago Back to video “...