Logo

Neanderthals

A Greek Island’s First Settlers Weren’t Human

The Neanderthal Seafarers

New archaeological finds on the Greek island of Naxos bear the hallmarks of Neanderthal craftsmanship, suggesting that this enigmatic hominid reached the area at the same time as humans, or even before them, and toppling the assumption that our species alone had the navigational nous and curiosity to colonize islands.