Malta's history has been pushed back by 1,000 years in a discovery that is rewriting the islands' pre-history, as scientists have found new evidence that shows that ...

Cave site of Latnija in the northern Mellieħa region of Malta. Credit: Huw Groucutt This technical and cognitive feat is even more remarkable considering that it took place long before the invention ...

Malta may be one of Europe’s smallest countries, but this Mediterranean archipelago packs an extraordinary amount of history, ...

Malta’s history has been pushed back by a millennium following the discovery that hunter-gatherers reached the islands 8,500 years ago—at least 1,000 years before the arrival of the first Neolithic ...

A recent study revealed that hunter-gatherers successfully navigated to Malta 8,500 years ago ... According to research published in Nature, these prehistoric people displayed maritime ...

Evidence discovered in a cave on Malta indicates hunter-gatherers visited ... and argue that as much as a millennium’s worth of Maltese prehistory may warrant reevaluation.

A new ground-breaking research which has pushed Malta’s history by a whole millennium has dominated national headlines ever ...

The discovery adds another chapter to Malta's prehistory and changes the global scientific community's understanding of the technological capabilities of hunter-gatherer communities at the time.