Find the world's oldest fishing hook

Archaeologists have found the world's oldest fishing hook in a cave on Japan's Okinawa island.

The BBC cited a report published in the scientific journal National Academy of Sciences, which said that archaeologists have found a pair of hooks made from sea shells , dated to about 23,000 years, along with ancient relics. other.

The scientific group, from Japanese research institutes and universities, conducted three excavations of Sakitari, a limestone cave on Okinawa's southern coast, since 2009 and has just announced the discovery of they are in magazines.

This finding shows that fishing techniques develop earlier and more commonly than previous assumptions.

The oldest fishing hook in the world, dating back to 23,000 years, made from snail shells.

People have been thought to have moved to Okinawa and neighboring islands about 50,000 years ago, but there is little evidence that the process of adapting to maritime life and technology development.

The oldest found fishing hooks are in Timor (Indonesia), dating back at least 16,000 years, and in Papua New Guinea, about at least 18,000 years ago.

"New evidence shows the broader geographical distribution of the first maritime techniques. Early maritime development of the ancient people extended north to the western Pacific coast." According to the National Academy of Sciences.

In addition, the archaeological group also found a number of other relics such as human remains, animal bones (such as eels, frogs, fish, birds, small mammals .), clam shells, grinding stones , crab shells are charred.

The crab's crumbs of coal provide evidence of the seasonal eating habits of the ancients. The size of crab shells shows them caught in the fall, when crabs mature and migrate downstream to breed, which is also the best time for crab meat, according to The Guardian.