Researchers say the world’s oldest fish hooks were meticulously shaped out of sea snail shells and found in Sakitari Cave on Okinawa Island in Japan.

Visitors look at tropical fish transported from Japan's southern island of Okinawa displayed in a giant 14-ton fish tank at the Sony Square event space in Tokyo Visitors look at tropical fish ...

World’s Oldest Fish Hooks Discovered in Okinawa The 23,000-year-old barbs are made from snail shell. The discovery shows that early people had the resources to survive on the isolated island.

OKINAWA, JAPAN—CNN reports that a team of Japanese researchers led by Masaki Fujita of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum has found 23,000-year-old fish hooks made from sea snail shells ...

Researchers say the world’s oldest fish hooks were meticulously shaped out of sea snail shells and found in Sakitari Cave on Okinawa Island in Japan.