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Earliest people were skilled
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fish hooks
Ancient fishing hooks were made from shell (Source: Susan O'Connor)
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Prehistoric humans living more than 40,000 years ago had mastered the skills needed to catch fast-moving, deep ocean fish such as tuna, a remarkable new archaeological find has revealed.
In a small cave at the eastern end of East Timor, north of Australia, archaeologist Associate Professor Sue O'Connor from the Australian National University has unearthed the bones of more than 2,800 fish, some of which were caught as long as 42,000 years ago.
The find shows that the people living in the region had the sophisticated cognitive skills needed to haul in such a difficult catch, O'Connor says.
Her findings appear this week in the journal Science.
"What the site has shown us is that early modern humans in island Southeast Asia had amazingly advanced maritime skills," she says.
"They were expert at catching the types of fish that would be challenging even today — fish like tuna. It's a very exciting find."
It isn't clear exactly what techniques the people living in the area at the time used to catch these fish.
Tuna can be caught using nets or by trolling hooks on long lines through the water, O'Connor says.
"Either way it seems certain that these people were using quite sophisticated technology and watercraft to fish offshore."
Hey mate.,
The statement is right.
Because in earlier time people had to struggle to live , because resources were not developed at that time.
But nowadays human have been developed and because of science and technology , they are developing and utilising resources to make their life easir and to fulfill their needs.
So they dont have to struggle.
As a result human are losing their physical skills as compared to early men......
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