Greece's Naxos Island May Have Been Inhabited 200,000 Years Ago

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Greece’s Naxos Island May Have Been Inhabited 200,000 Years Ago
Phil Butler - November 24th, 2019 08:10 am

According to a new report, Neanderthals and early humans may have made it to the Greek island of Naxos some 200,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought. The findings from a team of scientists from Ontario’s McMaster University may for a rewrite of the history of the region.

The scientists say migrants using crude boats left their footpath along the Aegean coasts, to travel to the distant islands just off their horizon. Professor Tristan Carter of McMaster University offered this comment:

“Until recently, this part of the world was seen as irrelevant to early human studies, but the results force us to completely rethink the history of the Mediterranean islands.”

The research, published in the journal Science Advances, disputed current theories on Stone Age migration across Europe with scholars believing Neanderthals and early hominids settled Mediterranean islands to have been settled for only about 9,000 years. Stone Age hunters, meanwhile, are known to have been on mainland Europe for more than 1 million years, but the research team found evidence of human activity on islands spanning almost 200,000 years in a prehistoric quarry.

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