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Jennifer Nalewicki

People in Scandinavia may have used boats made of animal skins to hunt and trade 5,000 years ago

A rock art drawing of two deer in a boat.

Ancient Scandinavians may have used boats constructed of animal skins to fish, hunt and trade, a new study suggests.

Known as the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC), this waterfaring Neolithic group of hunter-gatherers lived in Scandinavia between 3500 and 2300 B.C., according to the study, published Aug. 26 in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology.

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