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Lead researcher Irit Zohar spent 16 years analyzing
fish bones and the
found on fish teeth. Her analysis showed that the grilled or baked fish had been eaten 770 millennia ago. She told the AFP news agency that: "It was like facing a
, with more and more
until we could make a story about human
." She added that her biggest conundrum was to ascertain whether or not the fish had been eaten
and then their bones thrown into the
, or whether it had been cooked first. She said: "The whole
about exposure to fire is whether it is about getting rid of
or a desire to cook." She said the fish were two-metre-long carp, that would have been particularly
when cooked.