[Hermann the Cherusker]

Well duh! Who'd be some dumb as to take a slab of Haddock over a nice juicy prime rib?

[Chi-townChief]

Damn right! Why sit there with a fishing pole when you could go out and grab a tasty cut of mastodon!?!

[Oberon]

They switched because of the invention of farming, and the transition from hunting/gathering to agriculture.

If you're limited to stone age technology, it's easier to raise cows than fish. Farming cows means that you can feed your family fresh meat in large quantities in January and February. That's much easier than catching and salting a whole winter's worth of seafood during the summer, and tastes better, too.

[edwin hubble]

Interesting.

I wonder what the sea level was 6,000 years ago.

15,000 years ago the land bridge may have still been in place between England and the continent (?)