DA: "theguardian.com"PER LE IMMAGINI VEDERE LINKJapan World's oldest fish-hooks found on Okinawa, JapanHooks, approximately 23,000 years old, were made fromthe shells of sea snails and found in Sakitari cave on island The fish-hooks show the developmentof fishing technology at an earlier stage than previously thought. Photograph: National Academy of SciencesKate LyonsSunday 18 September2016 18.43 BSTLast modified on Sunday 18September 201622.00 BST Theworld’s oldest fish-hooks, approximately 23,000 years old, have been found in acave on Okinawa Islandoff the coast of Japan.Researchers say the fish-hooks, made from the shells of sea snails and found in theSakitari cave, show the development of fishing technology at an earlier stagethan previously thought and more widespread than previously known.Humans are believed to have moved offshore to Okinawaand its sister islands about 50,000 years ago, but much of the history of theiradaptation to life there and the evolution of maritime technology is unknown.Researchers,from a range of Japanese institutes and universities, have been excavatingthree areas of the Sakitari cave, a limestone structure on the southern coastof Okinawa, since 2009 and have publishedtheir findings in the PNAS journal.It was previously believed resources were too scarce on the island for it to have supported life for long periods of time. But the excavation of the cave foundevidence of eels, frogs, fish, birds and small mammals, which had been charred,suggesting consumption by humans, in various layers of rock.Researchers believe this and the other findings of their excavation indicates the islandhas been nearly continuously occupied since 35,000 years ago. As well as the fish-hooks and remains of animals, researchers also found human remains,seashell beads, as well as something they believe might have been a grindstone.The discovery of the charred remains of the crab is also significant, say the researchers, in that it provides evidence of seasonal eating habits. The size of the crab remains indicate they were captured in the autumn when they were larger and were migrating downstream for reproduction, which is “also the season when they are the most delicious”.
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DA: "theguardian.com"PER LE IMMAGINI VEDERE LINKJapan World's oldest fish-hooks found on Okinawa, JapanHooks, approximately 23,000 years old, were made fromthe shells of sea snails and found in Sakitari cave on island The fish-hooks show the developmentof fishing technology at an earlier stage than previously thought. Photograph: National Academy of SciencesKate LyonsSunday 18 September2016 18.43 BSTLast modified on Sunday 18September 201622.00 BST Theworld’s oldest fish-hooks, approximately 23,000 years old, have been found in acave on Okinawa Islandoff the coast of Japan.Researchers say the fish-hooks, made from the shells of sea snails and found in theSakitari cave, show the development of fishing technology at an earlier stagethan previously thought and more widespread than previously known.Humans are believed to have moved offshore to Okinawaand its sister islands about 50,000 years ago, but much of the history of theiradaptation to life there and the evolution of maritime technology is unknown.Researchers,from a range of Japanese institutes and universities, have been excavatingthree areas of the Sakitari cave, a limestone structure on the southern coastof Okinawa, since 2009 and have publishedtheir findings in the PNAS journal.It was previously believed resources were too scarce on the island for it to have supported life for long periods of time. But the excavation of the cave foundevidence of eels, frogs, fish, birds and small mammals, which had been charred,suggesting consumption by humans, in various layers of rock.Researchers believe this and the other findings of their excavation indicates the islandhas been nearly continuously occupied since 35,000 years ago. As well as the fish-hooks and remains of animals, researchers also found human remains,seashell beads, as well as something they believe might have been a grindstone.The discovery of the charred remains of the crab is also significant, say the researchers, in that it provides evidence of seasonal eating habits. The size of the crab remains indicate they were captured in the autumn when they were larger and were migrating downstream for reproduction, which is “also the season when they are the most delicious”.