Interbreeding between farmers and hunter-gatherers along the inland and Mediterranean routes of Neolithic spread in Europe

Interbreeding between farmers and hunter-gatherers along the inland and Mediterranean routes of Neolithic spread in Europe

The Neolithic (i.e., farming and stockbreeding) spread from the Near East across Europe since about 9000 years before the common era (BCE) until about 4000 yr BCE. It followed two main routes, namely a sea route along the northern Mediterranean coast and an inland one across the Balkans and central Europe. It is known that the dispersive behavior of farmers depended on geography, with longer movements along the Mediterranean coast than along the…

Humans Arrived in Malta Earlier Than Expected - Archaeology Magazine

LATNIJA, MALTA—According to a statement released by the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, researchers have found evidence that hunter-gatherers from mainland Europe traveled to Malta around 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Archaeologists recovered stone tools, hearths, and food waste at a cave site in Latnija that indicated humans have been living on the island for 8,500 years. This means that they arrived there even before t…

On the walls of a Maltese cave, flints, bones and ashes tell a story that no one expected.

For a long time, scientists thought that humans only set foot on small, remote islands when agriculture emerged. But new archaeological finds on Malta show a very different picture. Hunter-gatherers crossed the open sea 8,500 years ago and covered a distance of more than 100 kilometers. That is certainly a thousand years earlier […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .

Rewriting History: Malta’s Earliest Human Presence Traced Back 1,000 Years Earlier In New Discovery – Lovin Malta – EUROP INFO

Rewriting History: Malta’s Earliest Human Presence Traced Back 1,000 Years Earlier in New Finding In a groundbreaking revelation that could redefine the historical timeline of human habitation on the Maltese islands, researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting that Malta was inhabited a staggering 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. This significant discovery, made by an international team of archaeologists, challenges long-held ass…

Seafaring Hunter-Gatherers Reached Malta And Other Remote Islands Thousands Of Years Before The First Farmers - Ancient Pages

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study has uncovered fascinating insights into seafaring hunter-gatherers' early exploration of remote islands. Led by Professor Eleanor Scerri from the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology and the University of Malta, the research reveals that these early humans reached small islands like Malta thousands of years before farmers arrived. […]