Oldest Fishhook Found in Okinawa

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Brian F.
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Oldest Fishhook Found in Okinawa

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I live amongst some of the worlds oldest fishermen here where many immigrated to!

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/ ... nd-okinawa
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Neato, Brian! There's more detail available, too:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/ ... 3.abstract
http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2016/ ... 3.sapp.pdf
If you run into any of those 30,000-year-olds, ask them what they used for lines.
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Whoo hoo! I knew I could count on you, Steve! It's funny how we here in Hawaii know many Okinawans that immigrated to take fishing jobs here but they were also known as owners of successful restaurant businesses, haha. Industrious people, either way!
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In light of the fact that "The fishhooks, all carved from shells, were found in Sakitari Cave, which was occupied seasonally by fishermen taking advantage of the downstream migrations of crabs and freshwater snails," should they be really called "invertebrate hooks?"
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