Part the First: Whalers in Brazil 5,000 Years Ago.  Whaling rightly has become anathema in this modern world, except in certain, very limited, circumstances.  But the historical origins of whaling remain an interesting question.  It turns out that whalers were active in southern Brazil 5,000 years ago: Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal […]

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