FISH HOOK (C.35,000 B.C.E.)

Early humans discover how to retain their caught fish.



 The major problem with dating inventions earlier than the written word is that there are no first -hand  accounts documenting their conception or use.
paleoarcheologists have the difficult task of man based on scraps of physical evidence left behind by our ancient ancestors .The fishhook is one such ingenious conception of early man and is probably more important to the success of humans than most of us would suspect.
Over thousands of years the technology of fishhooks has evolved to optimize prey attraction,retention,and retrieval.The very earliest fishhooks of all are thought to have been made from wood. although, being more perishable than those of bone or shell,very few examples of these primitive hooks have  survived .Wood might seem much too buoyant a material to be ideal for catching fish,but actually wooden hooks were used until the  1960s for catching species such as burbot.
Gaining easy access to adequate food supplies is thought to have been an essential factor in the success of early man .To fish in fecund waters requires very little energy and time, and this enabled our ancestors to pursue other activities ,meaning that they were able,not just to survive,but to prosper.https://theancientinvention.blogspot.com/2021/10/stone-tools-c2600000-bce.html
 

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