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 ...

Until now, the first known inhabitants of Malta were believed to be Neolithic farmers who arrived around 7,500 years ago. They went on to build the megalithic temples for which the islands are famous.

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 ...