Ancient Sunken Cave Bridge Reveals Humans Reached Island 2,000 Years Earlier Than Thought

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The dating of a submerged bridge inside the Genovesa Cave in Manacor, which dates back to at least 5,600 years ago (BC), indicates that humans arrived in Mallorca at least 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a published study in Communications Earth & Environment and picked up by EFE. Researchers from the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) discovered this submerged megalithic bridge in 1999 while studying the topograp…

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The arrival of humans in Mallorca was, until now, between 4,600 and 4,200 years ago, but a new find in a cave could change this conception. A group of researchers has analyzed a submerged bridge inside the Genovesa cave or Cova de'n Bessó, in Manacor, and has concluded that the first human settlements on the island occurred between 5,600 and 6,000 years ago, a fact that resituates the 'arrival of our species more than a millennium earlier than p…

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A stone bridge 7.5 meters deep inside the Genovese cave has been dated between 5,600 and 6,000 years ago.