Cowrie-shell artefacts that were found throughout the Mariana Islands were lures used for hunting octopuses, an archaeological study has determined. The study also found that the devices are the oldest known artefacts of their kind in the world.

Octopus lures from the Mariana Islands are oldest in the world, archaeological study finds

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