The earliest fishhooks in America, dating from around 11,000 B.P, were recorded on the island of Cedros on the west coast of Mexico. They are older than fishhooks in Jerimala Cave in East Timor, between 23,000 and 16,000 years old and New Ireland in Papua New Guinea between 20,000 and 18,000 years old. The oldest fishhooks in the world (made from the shells of sea snails) were found in Sakitari Cave on Okinawa Island between 22,380 and 22,770 years old. A fish hook or similar device was made by the man many thousands of years ago.
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