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30 November 2011

World’s Oldest Fish Hooks Show Early Humans Fished Deep Sea

livescience.com, 24-11-2011

The world’s earliest known fish hooks reveal that humans fished the open sea for much longer than previously thought. Past studies have revealed that early humans were capable of crossing the open ocean as far back as 50,000 years ago, such as they did to colonize Australia. Until now, however, evidence that such mariners could fish while in the open sea dated back only to 12,000 years ago.

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