12,000 Year Old Fishing Tackle on Santa Rosa and San Miguel islands

Off the coast of California, on the islands of Santa Rosa and San Miguel, archeologists have found the remains of fishing gear. These tools have been described as stone material used with the sharp edges. Although there is no attributing these tools to a single grouping of people, there is a question being put forth about the sea faring culture that is not limited to the crossing of the Bering Straight. The remaining tools also call into question archeological claims that the Clovis sites were the earliest known remains of life in North America. These tools also "push back the chronology of New World seafaring to 12,000, maybe 13,000 years ago. It gets us a big step closer to showing that a coastal migration route happened, or was at least possible."

Spearheads and other tools found at the sites.

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Scientists' amazing California discovery includes fishing tackle 12,000 years old