ancient anglers

[Mike Fox]

For any other amateur paeleoanthropologists out there, I found this link.

 

See here: http://news.yahoo.com/fishy-shows-humans-s...-163528249.html

 

There's all kinds of circumstantial evidence of boats from this period (how else did the Aborigines get to Australia!), and for the distances involved these would have needed sails, steering systems and navigational principles, which would naturally have given the opportunities for fishing (or fishing led to the development of better boats!).

 

It's intriguing to see the species list targeted (and evidenced), and the use of hooks and lures from this period.

 

I find it fascinating that what we do today with man-made materials, polmers, hydrocarbons, carefully manaufactured machines, alloys, and computerised wizardry used to be performed perfectly satisfactorily by people from the stone age with wood, natural fibres, stone tools, and bits of shell.

 

Mike

[charlieannear]

I agree Mike, fascinating.

The would say that difference is that the seas were so full of fish back then that they would have been easier to catch with more basic/hand-made/improvised tackle.

[codpiece]

 

They obviously haven't looked in my tackle shed!!!!! Derek,